Senior Data Engineer, Oslo
Up to 1,000,000 NOK
Permanent Employment basis. Hybrid role - 3 days home office per week
You will work on behalf of our client, a fast-growing Nordic data consultancy specializing in modern cloud-native data platforms and advanced analytics solutions. The company partners with large enterprise clients to help them build scalable, high-quality data ecosystems and strengthen engineering best practices across their organizations. This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled consulting environment where technical excellence, curiosity, and strong collaboration are deeply valued. You will work closely with both technical and business stakeholders, helping clients solve complex data challenges using modern technologies such as Databricks, DBT, SQLMesh, and leading cloud platforms.
As the new Data Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing modern cloud-native data platforms for enterprise clients. Working in a highly collaborative consulting environment, you will combine hands-on engineering with close client interaction, helping organizations improve data quality, scalability, and engineering maturity.
You will develop robust data pipelines, contribute to CI/CD and testing practices, and support the implementation of modern data architectures using technologies such as Databricks, DBT, SQLMesh, and major cloud platforms. In addition to technical delivery, you will work directly with stakeholders and client teams, helping drive best practices, improve collaboration, and solve complex technical challenges.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys combining deep technical work with consulting and communication responsibilities and who is motivated to grow toward an architect-level profile over time.
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native data platforms and pipelines.
- Build and optimize modern data engineering solutions using technologies such as Databricks, DBT, SQLMesh, and cloud platforms.
- Implement strong engineering practices including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and automation.
- Collaborate directly with enterprise clients and internal stakeholders to understand technical and business requirements.
- Support data platform modernization initiatives and improve engineering maturity within client organizations.
- Contribute to architecture discussions and help establish data engineering best practices.
- Work closely with centralized data teams, technical leads, and business stakeholders to solve complex technical challenges.
- Participate in consulting engagements in a hybrid client-facing environment.
- Continuously evaluate and improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability of data solutions.
Other requirements (education, experience)
- Minimum 3 years of experience within data engineering or modern data platform development.
- Strong experience with modern cloud-native data environments.
- Experience with technologies such as Databricks, DBT, SQLMesh, BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar platforms.
- Solid understanding of data pipelines, data modeling, and software engineering best practices.
- Experience with CI/CD, testing methodologies, and scalable engineering practices.
- Consulting experience or previous client-facing experience is highly valued.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership, and contribute in collaborative environments.
- Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and motivation to continuously evolve technically.
- Experience from enterprise environments or large-scale data platforms is considered an advantage.
- Norwegian language skills are mandatory due to client-facing responsibilities
What the company offers:
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly respected and growing consultancy with a strong reputation in the Nordic data and analytics market. The company offers the chance to work on technically advanced and business-critical projects for large enterprise clients while collaborating with highly skilled colleagues in a modern engineering environment.
Employees are given significant responsibility, close client exposure, and opportunities to grow into architect and technical leadership roles. The company values quality over rapid scaling and focuses on long-term professional development, strong engineering culture, and sustainable growth.
The role also offers competitive compensation with both fixed and performance-based components, flexible hybrid working arrangements, and the opportunity to work with modern technologies and cloud-native data platforms in a collaborative consulting environment.
If this role sounds right for you, we welcome your application. For more information on this job opportunity please get in touch with Sacha Oxlade-Creswell at +46 812111463 or sacha.oxlade-creswell@digitechsearch.com