Senior Data Engineer - Shared Products & Platforms

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be a part of the central media insights team, our vision is to enable high quality and compliant data access in order to facilitate data driven product development and data informed decisions at all levels. Above all, your work will impact publications that are renowned for their exceptional journalism, high editorial independence and strong digital development.

What you will do:

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Design and implement scalable data pipelines in batch and stream, our primary code base is in Python

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Manage our Cloud Infrastructure, we work with Terraform and AWS

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Design data models and architecture for performance, flexibility and scalability (we process billions of events every day)

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Be an important part in forming the platform’s technical direction and roadmap. You will evaluate existing solutions and make technology choices for how to deliver and store data efficiently and reliably

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Find the right tool for the job (we love Open Source)

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Work together with highly skilled analysts, data scientists and engineers across all of Schibsted


Who we think you are:

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At least 5 years of experience working as a software- or data engineer in a professional environment

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Strong skills in at least one OOP-language such as Python, Scala, Java or Kotlin and at least one ANSI-SQL variant

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Experience in modern data engineering practices and technologies, such as Airflow, Kafka, Kubernetes, Snowflake as well as cloud infrastructure

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You have a good knowledge of agile principles and experience working in an agile environment

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Responsible, self-driven and with a getting things done mindset

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Fluent in both written and spoken English


What you will be part of:

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Shared Products & Platforms organisation (SPP) Under News Media

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Right now we are two Senior Data Engineers, three Data Analysts, and an Insights Lead

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We are hybrid with few days in office and rest remote per week

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An organisation that promotes learning and growth, every second Friday in our team is dedicated to learning or hacking. There are no expectations on you that anything actionable comes out of it, only that you use the time to actually learn and delve deeper into something that is meaningful to you




Schibsted is a family of digital brands with a strong Nordic position, and more than 5,000 employees. Millions of people interact with our companies every day through our leading online marketplaces, world-class media houses. We also help new promising businesses grow. Our joint mission of empowering people in their daily lives is rooted in the values of our media heritage and a legacy of bold change. At our best, we are a fearless force for change in a society built on trust and transparency.

Product & Tech is responsible for product development and technology platforms for News Media brands. The unit consists of product managers, software engineers, UX experts, and user researchers. Most of our teams work distributed, with colleagues in Oslo, Stockholm, Krakow, Gdansk, Bergen, and Stavanger.