Data Platform Engineer
NN Group
Data Platform Engineer
NN Group
International insurance and financial services provider
NN Digital Hub is a subsidiary company of NN Group located in Madrid, Spain. We deliver IT services and solutions for the different international Business Units.
Data Platform Engineer
We are looking for a Data Platform Engineer to grow our team of data experts. Your goal will be to constantly improve and scale our group wide adopted NN DataAnalyticsPlatformor namely NNDAPand the Data Lab.NN Data Analytics Platform (NNDAP) is a product that provides a governed, compliant, and cost-effective Azurelakehousefoundation. It includes reusable components for data extraction, ingestion, harmonization, and quality—enabling Business Units (BUs) to build their own analytics platforms and data products faster, with reduced cognitive load. NN Data Lab (NNDL) is a managed Databricks environment designed for non-IT users, offering a simplified experience with built-in governance and automation to support data-driven experimentation and insight generation.
Your impact as a Data Platform Engineeras part of NNDAPwillenableNNto be a data driven companyby helpingthe business units to deliver high-quality softwarecomponents, used at theBU’sto compile data systems which make Nationale Nederland the best data-drivenfinancial servicescompany. You get the opportunity to take part in designing and implementing code that will be re-used by over110data engineers in 10 teams and 15 countries.
Technologies you will work with:
Our infrastructure runs on MS Azurecloudand we useIaC.
We use Azure Data Factory(ADF)for pipelines and orchestration and Databricks for processing and transforming data.Python (incl.PySpark), SQL, CI/CD, packaging, testing, andIaC(Bicep,Pulumia plus)
Your Impact as Data Platform Engineer: What are you going to do
You willrefine,build, test, deployand automatethe core functional data components as part of the NNDAP/Datalabproductand offer that as a standardon a common code base serving all internal customers.
Understand the needs of your various customers from differentbusinessunits and translate them to modular solutions which are usable by the vast majority.
You brainstorm and design solutions tooptimizeour data platform solution architecturealong with other team members toreach tothe best technicalsolution together.Contribute to the product vision, teamlearning skills by mentoring and lead technical discussions
Share knowledge in our data engineering community, pair program and collaborate on code together with other data engineers within NNand lead/guideorparticipatetheinnersourcecommunity of NNDAP.
Enable business teams to run successful data and AI projectsand be a tech savvy or mentor other junior engineers.
The team you’ll join:
You will work with a diverse andaninternational team, our culture is inherited from NN Core values Care, Clear and Commit.Our way of working is agilewith 2 weekssprints.wefocus on our customer needs with T-shapeof both data & infra cloud platform engineers working together as one team.Withfullautonomythe teamdecides thetechnicalhowanddeliver valuewith quality firstmindset.We work hard and play hard so if you are looking to bring fun to our team, you will be always welcomed.
What do we offer?
As part of our Employee Experience, we offer you a range of competitive benefits that are available to you in order to improve the physical, mental, and professional wellbeing of our workers. Among the benefits are:
We work with a hybrid model
Starting financial aid so you can equip your workspace at home
Allowance and telework subventions
Flexible working hours and 2 months of intensive working hours in summer so you can fully take advantage of your time
We hire a life insurance and a pension plan for all our employees
We establish objectives bonus as a performance reward
You can get to the office as you please. We have a free parking lot for cars, motorbikes, electric cars with chargers, and bikes.
Get to know our flexible retribution facilities such as transport card, nursery checks, health insurance with Sanitas, trainings…
We care about people. That is why we are involved in society by facilitating volunteer actions and time to all our employees.
We care about your wellbeing. We have a Wellness Program available.
We are digital and we love technology. Also, every team works under agile methodology.
Who you are:
You have5-7+yearsof relevant software,dataand/or platform engineering experience, building platforms which are modular, testable,scalableand easily consumable.
data/platform engineering with significant Azure experience (ADLS/Delta Lake, Databricks, ADF) and proven delivery ofmulti‑tenantor productized data platforms.
Strong software engineering fundamentals: Python (incl.PySpark), SQL, CI/CD, packaging, testing, andIaC(Bicep,Pulumia plus).
Practical mastery oflakehouse& medallion design, data quality, lineage/metadata, and cost/performanceoptimisationon cloud.
Security & governance awareness (e.g., Unity Catalog, role/attribute‑basedaccess, secrets, policies) in regulated environments.
Nice to have:
Exposure tomonitoring/observabilityand LCM at platform level.
Familiarity withEventdrivenpatterns/streamingandLakeFlowevolution alongside ADF.
Experience preparing platforms forAPI drivendata product exposureand higher availability patterns.
Participation in communities such as theData Engineering Guild.
If you are a passionate and experienced Data Platform Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply for this position. We are waiting for you!
Please send your CVs in English language.
In Nationale-Nederlanden we are committed with diversity. We are proud to be an inclusive organization and we offer equal opportunities, regardless of race, cultural background, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation. One of our core values is taking care of our employees so they can give their best within a respectful environment.
NN Group is an international financial services company active in 10 countries, with a focus on Europe and Japan. It offers long-term financial protection and savings through insurance products (life, health, property/casualty), retirement and pension planning, and asset management services through its subsidiaries. The company’s products work by pooling risk and collecting premiums to fund insured events and retirement income, while investing premiums to grow assets for policyholders and clients. NN Group differentiates itself through its long history (over 175 years), diverse footprint across multiple markets, and its combination of insurance, pension, and asset-management activities that serve both individuals and businesses. The company aims to provide sustainable financial protection and retirement income for customers while delivering reliable value for shareholders across its markets.
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