Senior Data Platform Engineer

Description

The team builds and runs enterprise-scale data and event streaming platforms that hundreds of teams across the organisation use to move, transform and consume data reliably.

You will work with engineering teams, architects and product teams across the company to design scalable solutions, set platform practices and help teams build reliable, secure and easy-to-use data products and services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate enterprise-scale data and event streaming platforms.
• Manage and tune Apache Kafka clusters running in production.
• Build and run cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes.
• Develop scalable data pipelines, integration solutions and platform services.
• Write Infrastructure-as-Code in Terraform and automate deployments through CI/CD pipelines.
• Support data transformation and modelling with dbt.
• Track platform performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
• Keep the platform secure, compliant and highly available.
• Work with teams across the organisation and advise them on platform best practices.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and distributed, event-driven architectures.
• Experience running Kubernetes-based platforms in production.
• Strong knowledge of GCP services such as BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Run and Cloud Workflows.
• Experience with Terraform, GitHub Actions and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with dbt and data platform engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python or similar languages.
• Experience working with large-scale enterprise systems and integrations.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with clear communication and stakeholder management.
• Comfortable working across multiple teams and pushing for technical excellence.
• Keen to build reliable, scalable and secure platforms.
• Curious and eager to keep learning about modern cloud and data technologies.

Conditions

Equal opportunity: the company values a fair, competency-based recruitment process.

Do not attach a cover letter to your application.

Benefits

• 25% staff discount across all the company brands, in stores and online.
• Participation in the H&M Incentive Program (HIP).
• 30 days of holiday.
• Collective agreement including pension and life insurance.
• Wellness allowance of SEK 4,000 per year.
• Access to the Benify Benefits Portal.
• Community activities and development opportunities across the company.