Senior Data Platform Engineer & Technical Product Manager

Viaplay Group; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Pension and insurance

Wellbeing allowance

Hybrid work model

Learning culture

Hack Days

Viaplay access

Job summary

Viaplay Group in Stockholm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer / Technical Product Manager for the Data Platform to shape the platform's direction, drive the roadmap, and expand its role across analytics, ML, and operations.

You will stay hands-on while guiding architecture discussions, mentor engineers, and partner with leadership to translate challenges into platform investments. The role blends technical depth with product thinking in a fast-moving media tech environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Data Engineering, Data Platforms, or related technical disciplines.
• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data product and modern platform thinking.
• Experience defining roadmaps, prioritizing investments, and driving product strategy for technical platforms.
• Ability to engage with senior engineering stakeholders and influence decisions across organizational boundaries.
• A proactive mindset with a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities and drive initiatives from idea to implementation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to bridge the gap between engineering, data, and business domains.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the product vision and roadmap for Viaplay's data platform.
• Partner with engineering leaders to understand challenges, identify opportunities, and uncover new platform use cases.
• Expand the adoption of Databricks beyond traditional analytics and reporting workloads.
• Identify platform gaps and proactively propose solutions that create value for Viaplay.
• Contribute hands-on to architecture discussions and engineering initiatives when needed.
• Support the continued modernization of our data ecosystem and migration away from legacy platforms.
• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering and business stakeholders on data platform strategy and architecture.
• Mentor and guide engineers within the Data Platform team.

Skills

Data engineering

Data platforms

Cloud data platforms

Data architecture

Product strategy

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

BigQuery

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Job description

Viaplay Group in Stockholm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer / Technical Product Manager for the Data Platform to shape the platform's direction, drive the roadmap, and expand its role across analytics, ML, and operations.

You will stay hands-on while guiding architecture discussions, mentor engineers, and partner with leadership to translate challenges into platform investments. The role blends technical depth with product thinking in a fast-moving media tech environment.