Data Solutions Specialist

Join our Data Strategy & Platforms team and help build the data foundations that support decision-making across Sony Europe. As a Data Solutions Specialist, you’ll work hands-on with Python, SQL and cloud data technologies to build, maintain and optimise data pipelines, bringing together information from multiple systems and making it available in a reliable, consistent format for BI and business teams.

You’ll work across a wide variety of data and business areas, with the opportunity to take ownership of technical solutions, automate processes and help shape how we work with data across the organisation.

You will:

• Build, maintain and optimise end-to-end data pipelines using Python, SQL and cloud data technologies.
• Extract, integrate and process data from a variety of sources, including SAP, internal platforms, third-party data and APIs.
• Work with Databricks and Azure Data Lake to load, transform and structure data for downstream analytics and BI.
• Develop and maintain tables, views, stored procedures and automated data processes, with a focus on performance, reliability and efficiency.
• Partner closely with BI and other teams to understand data requirements and agree appropriate structures, delivery formats and refresh schedules.
• Take ownership of technical projects, coordinating activities and third-party contributors and following through on delivery.
• Improve existing processes through automation and optimisation, proactively identifying better and more efficient ways of working.
• Create clear technical documentation, share knowledge with colleagues and contribute to the continued development of our data engineering environment.

You will bring:

• Strong hands-on data engineering experience, with the ability to independently build, maintain and improve data solutions.
• Strong Python and SQL/database programming skills, with practical experience developing data pipelines and automating data processes.
• Experience integrating data from multiple sources and platforms, including databases, APIs and cloud environments.
• Experience with Databricks and Azure Data Lake would be an advantage; experience with other relevant database technologies such as Oracle or MS SQL is also welcome.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with BI teams, business stakeholders and third-party contributors.
• A proactive, curious approach, with the confidence to take ownership of projects, learn new technologies and identify opportunities for automation and improvement.

Your new office

Budapest

Based at the Budapest office, you will enjoy a modern, vibrant and diverse working environment with lots of social and charity events to be part of and enjoy a sense of belonging. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of healthy options, a café, and free coffee/tea in the office kitchens. The office is easily reachable by public transportation. You can enjoy your lunch break outside in the garden or take a walk by the Danube. If you like to ride, we have bike storage in the building with a changing room and we also have a MOL BUBI bike docking station in front of the office building.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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