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Data Platform Engineer

Hybrid in Madrid·Full-time·Added 23 days ago

NN Group

34 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Permanent contract

    Full-time hours.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    NN Group doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Be near Madrid for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have 5+ years of experience

    Mid-level role.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

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.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • 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.

The role

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.

What you'll do

  • 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.

Hiring process

3 steps2 interviewsa task to do
  1. Application

  2. Profile review · With a recruiter and hiring manager

  3. First interview

  4. E-assessment

    Online test

    An online assessment and personality test completed before the second interview.

  5. Second interview

  6. Job offer · With a recruiter

  7. Pre-employment screening

  • A response to the application is promised within two weeks.
  • NN aims to schedule the first interview within one week.
  • You can apply for more than one job at the same time.

About NN Group

NN Group is a global financial services company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, with a strong focus on insurance, asset management, and banking. It operates primarily in Europe and Japan, serving millions of customers with life insurance, pensions, and investment products. The company is one of the largest financial institutions in the Netherlands and has a significant international footprint, employing tens of thousands of people worldwide.

In Spain, NN Group has a growing technology and operations hub, with a particular emphasis on data engineering, cloud solutions, and software development. The Spanish office, located in Madrid, is a key center for the company's digital transformation initiatives, offering roles in MLOps, cloud engineering, and data governance. NN Group is known for its collaborative and innovative work culture, and it actively seeks international talent to support its global operations, making it an attractive option for professionals looking to relocate to Spain.

Founded
1963
Employees
10,000–20,000
Headquarters
The Hague, Netherlands
In Spain
Madrid, Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • NN Group has a significant technology hub in Barcelona, Spain, with many roles in cloud, data, and software engineering.
  • The company offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between office and remote work.
  • NN Group is a global financial institution, providing opportunities for international career growth and mobility.
  • The Spain office is part of a global digital transformation initiative, offering exposure to cutting-edge technologies like MLOps and cloud platforms.
  • English is commonly used in the Spanish tech hub, making it accessible for international professionals.

In their own words

About the company & team

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.

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.

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