Senior Data Platform Engineer – Build End-to-End Data on AWS

Zendr; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 850,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zendr is seeking a senior data platform engineer to own the data stack across AWS infrastructure, ingestion, transformations, and analytics. You will work directly with the CTO and platform lead, shaping architecture as the first dedicated data hire.

You will build data pipelines from MongoDB and MySQL into a governed analytical store, ensure data quality, and enable self-service reporting. The role offers autonomy to grow into leading a data team as Zendr scales.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building production systems with solid recent experience in data engineering.
• Experience with AWS data services such as S3, Athena, Glue, Lambda, and Step Functions.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform or CDK).
• Proficiency in Python and data modeling for layered analytical architectures.
• Experience with batch and streaming pipelines.
• Serverless and event-driven patterns.
• Observability tooling like Datadog or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the data platform on AWS, including the infrastructure itself.
• Build pipelines that move data from operational databases into a governed analytical store.
• Provide trustworthy, consistent metrics for stakeholders and enable self-service analytics.
• Enable data to be used in AI workflows with proper governance.
• Own data quality, monitoring, and cost management.

Skills

Data engineering

AWS

Python

Infrastructure as code

Data platform design

Pulumi

Streaming pipelines

MongoDB

Cost awareness

Terraform / CDK

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

CDK

Job description

Zendr is seeking a senior data platform engineer to own the data stack across AWS infrastructure, ingestion, transformations, and analytics. You will work directly with the CTO and platform lead, shaping architecture as the first dedicated data hire.

You will build data pipelines from MongoDB and MySQL into a governed analytical store, ensure data quality, and enable self-service reporting. The role offers autonomy to grow into leading a data team as Zendr scales.