Principal Data Engineer

Tryg Forsikring A/S; Ballerup; Híbrido; DKK 900.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Pension scheme

General bonus programme

Health and dental insurance

Five weeks of holiday

Flexible working

Descripción de la vacante

Tryg is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to shape Data Engineering across the organization. You will define standards, frameworks and reusable patterns, enabling 150+ data engineers to build reliable, scalable data solutions.

You will collaborate with Platform Engineering, Data Architects and AI/Pricing teams to drive adoption, establish best practices, and lead with technical leadership while remaining an individual contributor.

Formación

• Proven track record building production-grade data solutions.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and patterns.
• Ability to influence senior engineers and leaders at scale.

Responsabilidades

• Define and evolve data engineering standards and frameworks.
• Develop reference implementations and reusable patterns.
• Lead adoption of platform capabilities across teams.

Conocimientos

Data engineering fundamentals

Software engineering

Databricks

Cloud engineering

System thinking

Herramientas

Databricks

CI/CD tooling

Observability tooling

Descripción del empleo

Job Description:

What if your next data engineering challenge wasn't building one more solution - but shaping how 150 data engineers build theirs? At Tryg, we are bringing our analytical, AI and pricing landscape together around Databricks and building a stronger, shared engineering foundation across Scandinavia.

We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer to define what great Data Engineering looks like across Tryg - and turn those principles into frameworks, tooling and ways of working that engineers use.

You will get a broad technical mandate, significant autonomy and the opportunity to shape how Data Engineering develops across Tryg.

About the role | Shape Data Engineering across Tryg

As Principal Data Engineer, you will lead the development of Data Engineering Excellence across Tryg. Your focus goes beyond solving individual engineering challenges. You will establish the standards, reference solutions and reusable patterns that enable our teams to build reliable, scalable and maintainable data solutions.

Working closely with Platform Engineering, Lead Data Engineers, Data Architects and Principal colleagues across AI and Pricing, you will:

• Define and evolve engineering standards across development, testing, CI/CD, observability, documentation, dependency management and the use of GenAI.
• Develop reference implementations and reusable patterns that can be adopted across teams.
• Co-create frameworks, automation and platform capabilities with Platform Engineering.
• Help shape Tryg's core data architecture and engineering principles.
• Drive adoption and raise technical maturity through guidance, coaching and knowledge sharing.

A key part of your role is turning technical direction into real change. Success isn't a standard documented somewhere - it is better engineering practices becoming part of how 150+ data engineers work.

The role is an individual contributor but participates in the Data Enablement leadership team; to ensure long term decisions are anchored with deep engineering knowledge.

About you | A strong engineer who makes other engineers better

You have a strong technical background and have spent a significant part of your career designing and building complex, production-grade data solutions. Over time, your perspective has expanded from solving individual engineering problems to improving how engineering is done across teams.

You are comfortable with ambiguity. You can structure complex problems, bring together different perspectives, evaluate trade-offs and make technical decisions when alignment cannot be reached.

We imagine that you bring:

• Strong Data Engineering and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, frameworks or reusable patterns.
• The technical depth to make difficult decisions and explain the trade-offs behind them.
• Experience influencing senior engineers and technical leaders across teams.
• Experience driving adoption at scale - not simply defining standards but changing how teams actually work.
• Ability to think in systems – not just for technical challenges, but also how you solve interaction with large communities

Experience with Databricks, modern data platforms and cloud engineering is highly relevant. Experience from a regulated organization is an advantage, but not a requirement.

You don't need to be the deepest specialist in every data discipline. Your focus will be engineering excellence: how we design, develop, test, deploy, operate and continuously improve data solutions on a large scale – both in data volumes and complexity.

About us | Build the foundation while it is still being shaped

Tryg is one of Scandinavia's largest non-life insurance companies, serving more than 5 million customers across Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

You will join Data Enablement and become part of our strategic technical leadership. Strong engineering practices already exist across Tryg - your opportunity is to help turn the best of them into common approaches that can scale across teams.

There is no finished blueprint waiting for you to maintain. Many of the foundational choices are still being made, giving you the opportunity to leave a significant fingerprint on how Data Engineering is done at Tryg for years to come.

Employee benefits | Something to look forward to

At Tryg, we offer attractive conditions and employee benefits, including:

• An attractive pension scheme.
• General bonus programme.
• Health and dental insurance.
• Five weeks of holiday, five additional holiday days and four extra days off.
• Flexible ways of working with trust and responsibility.

You will also become part of a strong professional community with highly skilled colleagues across Tryg.

We encourage everyone regardless of gender identity, age, background, disability or origin to apply for the position. We are proud to have high employee satisfaction, strong professionalism and equal opportunities to develop your career in the Tryg Group. Tryg is the largest non-life insurance company in Scandinavia with activities in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Every day we strive – each in our own way – to create peace of mind and affect the lives of most Scandinavians. Read more at www.tryg.com