Senior Tech Lead - Data Engineering & Warehousing (Python, IT/DevOps)

Job ID: 29542

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and directing Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its environment to enable the Customer Vision and Business Strategy.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Tech Lead for Data Engineering & Warehousing - a strategic leadership position requiring exceptional technical depth, proven influence, and autonomous execution capabilities. This role is critical to establishing technical excellence and automation standards while optimizing our Snowflake-based data platform. We need a self-driven professional who can architect efficient solutions, drive automation initiatives, and establish best practices across high-performing teams. .

About our team

Welcome to the Trading Data Warehouse & BI team. You will work in a fast-paced, agile environment, with stakeholders representing Scandinavia’s largest trading floor. We support a wide range of business processes in Nordea’s Trading business domain. You’ll join a team of enthusiastic data professionals across Scandinavia, Poland and India. This role is based in either Denmark or Poland.

As a Tech Lead, your main responsibilities will include:

Technical Standards & Architecture

• Establish and enforce technical standards for data engineering practices and code quality
• Define architectural patterns for efficient Snowflake utilization and data pipeline design
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual work and improve operational efficiency
• Optimize Snowflake performance through query optimization, cost management, and resource allocation

Automation & Process Excellence

• Design and implement automated ETL/ELT processes leveraging Snowflake's cloud capabilities
• Establish CI/CD pipelines for data workflows and deployment automation
• Implement automated testing frameworks for data quality and pipeline validation
• Drive operational efficiency through intelligent automation and monitoring solutions

Platform Optimization & Best Practices

• Optimize Snowflake utilization including warehousing, clustering, and cost management
• Establish data modeling standards and governance frameworks
• Implement monitoring and alerting for proactive issue detection and resolution
• Ensure data quality standards through automated validation and testing

Team Leadership & Technical Influence

• Mentor and develop team members in Snowflake best practices and modern data engineering
• Drive knowledge sharing and establish centers of excellence
• Influence technical decisions across stakeholder teams and business units
• Lead technical reviews and establish coding standards and practices

Who you are

Your background and skills include:

• 7+ years in data engineering with strong Python and SQL expertise.
• Deep understanding of data engineering, cloud, IT/DevOps, and software engineering.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling, warehousing concepts, and query optimization.
• Proficiency in CI/CD, automation, and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience applying AI for automation, code generation.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Please note that we will start interviews already before job opening closes, submit your application as soon as possible, no later than 31/10/2025. For more information, you’re welcome to contact hiring manager Ivan Antipin.

If you are an external consultant interested in this role and wish to apply please contact the hiring people leader for separate instruction on how to apply.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

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