Head of Data Engineering and Architecture

Company description:

Learn more at www.epirocgroup.com.

Job description:

Join our team and help build production-grade AI and data solutions at global scale. We’re a fast-moving AI & Data hub focused on real impact — driving innovation, enabling the business, and solving meaningful challenges together.

Play a key role in our global data transformation by shaping modern data engineering and architecture — building the foundations for AI, analytics, and scalable business value.

Your mission

We are looking for a hands-on data engineering leader who sets direction and architectural standards while actively contributing in code. You will play a central role in our data transformation by building secure, production-ready data pipelines and products that enable analytics and AI at scale. This is not just an administrative role. You lead by example in engineering, design, and delivery.

Your responsibilities

Lead a global team of data engineers and architects.

Design and deliver scalable, governed data products and pipelines.

Define and enforce engineering best practices (Git, CI/CD, testing, deployment).

Provide architectural oversight to ensure secure, robust, future-proof solutions.

Collaborate across functions to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Balance strategic direction with hands-on technical depth.

Other requirements

5+ years in data engineering and architecture with recent hands-on coding (Python preferred).

Experience delivering data products in distributed or multinational environments.

Experience applying data mesh principles in practice.

Strong communication skills and business-technical translation ability.

Location and travel

Based in Örebro or Stockholm, Sweden or in Prague, Czech Republic. Hybrid setup with minimum three days per week in office. Occasional travel required.

Application and contact information

Applications are reviewed continuously. Apply via our recruitment system no later than 10/06/20