Senior Data Engineer shaping the future of data at Coop!

At Coop, data is at the core of knowing and understanding our customers and the business. In our Customer Insights & Business Analytics department, we turn data into real impact -- from in-store space optimisation and retail media, to market mix modelling. We help Coop understand how the business is performing, what our customers think, what our competitors do, and what we should be doing about it.

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and working with everything from ad-hoc data prep and pipeline development, to publishing insights on our internal data platform. Coop is a large company, and our data landscape reflects this: pipelines span multiple clouds and integrate everything from legacy systems to external sources, supporting both real-time and long-term analysis. With us, you’ll get to shape best practice and influence how Coop uses data, and you'll work on exciting, large-scale datasets and help make the shopping experience better for millions of our co-owners -- while growing your own expertise. This makes working with data at Coop a very rich experience and also demands a certain level of creative problem solving.

Does this sound like you? Keep reading!

What you will be doing on a day-to-day basis

As a Senior Data Engineer at Coop, you will play a key role in building and improving our data and analytics platform -- ensuring that data flows seamlessly and is used to create real value for our customers and co-owners.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Collaborating with cross-functional value stream teams to extract and deliver data products that support both internal needs and customer-facing solutions

Working closely with data scientists and analysts to develop new products, improve existing ones, and deploy models into production using MLOps best practices

Building and maintaining robust data pipelines that enable scalable analytics and high-quality data products

Developing platform capabilities that help product teams perform analytics faster and more effectively

Guiding and supporting other technical teams in adopting modern data practices, migrating sources, and implementing pipelines

Contributing to a strong data culture at Coop by promoting best practices and empowering teams to become more data-driven

Your tech stack will be

At Coop, we have a diverse technology stack. We don’t expect you to know all of them, but some proficiency and willingness to learn will go a long way. Most of the early stages of our pipelines run in Azure, and the later parts of the pipelines takes place in GCP. Some of the more prominent and permanent parts of it are:

Python or C#

In GCP

BigQuery, dbt

PubSub

Docker & Kubernetes

In Azure

Azure Data Factory

ServiceBus

Function Apps

• EventHubs

• Orchestration and Data Catalogue with Dagster

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Monitoring with Datadog

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer who is passionate about data and technology. You don’t need to check every box -- if you have the drive to learn and a proactive mindset, we’ll help you grow into the role.

You have experience writing data pipelines, implementing data-driven services, and working with data integration patterns

You are familiar with different database technologies (relational, document, graph, time series, key-value)

You have experience delivering data for ML training and prediction pipelines

You have experience with data modelling (we use BigQuery is our Gold Layer)

You understand distributed data architectures and patterns

You are comfortable with DevOps, CI/CD, cloud solutions (we use GCP and Azure), and container-based workflows

You embrace a DevSecOps mindset

• You take initiative, propose improvements, and contribute to shaping better ways of working, architecture, and collaboration

• You have 3--10 years of experience in data engineering, using modern tools and technologies

You have an educational background in IT or computer science (relevant experience can compensate for formal education)

You communicate well in English (Norwegian is a plus)

Why should you join Coop?

You will get to take part in building and shaping one of the most exciting commitment the retail and consumer goods industry has seen in a long time

You’ll work with modern, open-source technologies and some of the most interesting data foundations in the industry to solve complex and important business problems that benefit all of Coop’s customers and 2 million co-owners

You’ll be a part of an ambitious and diverse team where you get to impact the way of working and contribute to organisational guidelines

You and your team will work together to choose the most suitable technologies and tools for solving the challenges ahead

We provide excellent opportunities for personal and professional development (e.g., structured knowledge management, training, time to work on own projects/upskilling, etc.)

We have modern office spaces at our HQ at Grorud, and we offer a high degree of flexibility on working hours and location

You will get a competitive compensation package in addition to good pension- and insurance schemes

Other benefits include mobile phone and internet coverage, company cabins, and discounts in all Coop stores

Want to join us?

If you want to learn more about the role or who we are, feel free to contact our recruitment advisor, Tuva Brekke Krossli (+47 91 54 76 47 / tuva.brekke.krossli at coop.no).

Applications are reviewed and considered continuously.