Lead Data & Platform Engineer — Scale & Impact

Novo Holdings; Gentofte Kommune; On-site; DKK 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Holdings in Copenhagen HQ is seeking a Technical Lead Data & Platform Engineer to evolve, build, and maintain our platform. You will collaborate with the Head of Data & Analytics to steer development priorities and deliver robust, scalable solutions.

This hands-on role blends technical depth with stakeholder collaboration, focusing on data pipelines, real-time processing, governance by design, and production stability. You will mentor teammates while shipping high-impact data products.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data and Platform Engineering, with a MSc or PhD in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or similar.
• Experience from an international environment is a plus.
• Comfortable with Azure cloud ecosystem, Databricks, Terraform, dbt, Python (and PySpark) and SQL.
• Experience delivering Python applications into Databricks workspaces and managing CI/CD with Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of data pipelines using Azure, Databricks, and dbt.
• Manage infrastructure provisioning and deployments with Terraform and Azure DevOps.
• Implement CI/CD workflows, version control, and automation using Git and Azure DevOps.
• Develop and maintain data transformations, models, and orchestration in Databricks (Unity Catalog, Autoloader).
• Build and deploy Python applications and PySpark data processing solutions.
• Apply data modelling practices across structured and unstructured data sources.
• Ensure system-to-platform and system-to-system integrations via the data platform.
• Enable near real-time data processing and delivery capabilities.
• Contribute to semantic layer development connecting data products to business logic.
• Ensure governance by design with tests, DR and automated controls.
• Oversee production stability and daily operational excellence of data solutions.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

Terraform

dbt

Python

PySpark

SQL

Git

Azure DevOps

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

MSc or PhD in Engineering/Math/CS

Tools

Databricks

Terraform

dbt

Azure

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

Novo Holdings in Copenhagen HQ is seeking a Technical Lead Data & Platform Engineer to evolve, build, and maintain our platform. You will collaborate with the Head of Data & Analytics to steer development priorities and deliver robust, scalable solutions.

This hands-on role blends technical depth with stakeholder collaboration, focusing on data pipelines, real-time processing, governance by design, and production stability. You will mentor teammates while shipping high-impact data products.