Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WSA continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.
We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to define the technical direction of our Azure data platform while remaining hands-on in engineering delivery. You'll drive platform architecture, establish engineering standards, mentor Data Engineers, and deliver scalable, governed, and AI-ready data products that enable trusted business insights.
Platform architecture & technical standards
Define and evolve the enterprise data platform architecture and roadmap.
Establish Lakehouse standards, data contracts, engineering best practices, and architecture governance.
Make key technology decisions, document architectural decisions (ADRs), and lead design reviews.
Hands-on engineering delivery
Build reusable frameworks, reference implementations, and critical data pipelines.
Lead code reviews and promote engineering quality, maintainability, and performance.
Drive technical excellence through hands-on implementation and mentoring.
Data modelling & data product ownership
Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
Own the lifecycle of enterprise data products from design through retirement.
Define data product standards, certification levels, schema conventions, and Gold layer datasets.
Governance, compliance & AI/ML readiness
Establish data governance, metadata, lineage, and data contract standards.
Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
Design data platform capabilities that support AI/ML and advanced analytics.
Technical leadership & collaboration
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to Data Engineers.
Partner with Systems Analysts and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
Foster engineering best practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (Master's preferred).
8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or Analytics Engineering.
Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.
Strong background leading technical architecture, engineering delivery, and implementation teams.
Experience working with data governance, compliance, and modern data product operating models.
Expert knowledge of Azure Databricks, Apache Spark, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, and Delta Lake.
Strong expertise in Medallion Architecture, data modelling, and enterprise data platform design.
Advanced Python and SQL skills.
Experience with Databricks Workflows, Databricks Asset Bundles, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep or equivalent).
Knowledge of Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and data governance frameworks.
Strategic thinker with a systems approach to platform architecture.
Balances technical excellence with pragmatic delivery.
Leads through hands-on expertise and technical credibility.
Communicates effectively with engineers and business stakeholders.
Champions governance, quality, and engineering best practices.
At WSA, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.
Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.
With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.
Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
WSA is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.
Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WSA continues to grow as a market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.
With truly differentiated brands like Widex, Signia, Rexton, Audio Service and Vibe, and with diverse assets across wholesale, retail, online, managed care and diagnostic solutions, we are active in over 130 markets. WSA employs 12,500+ people and is privately owned by the Tøpholm and Westermann families and the Lundbeck Foundation, as well as funds under the management of EQT. As a global leader, our ambition is to unlock human potential by making wonderful sound part of everyone’s life.
