Data Engineer focused on performance optimization - Shape the Future of Corporate Payments | SEB Kort, Solna
Solna
Business & Retail Banking – SEB Card /
Technology & Data /
Hybrid
SEB Kort is looking for an experienced, technically strong, and driven Data Engineer with performance optimization focus. You are passionate about building robust, secure, and scalable systems and thrive on solving complex technical challenges as well as sharing your knowledge with others. Joining our dynamic international team, you will play a key role in our mission to be the market leader for corporate payments in Europe.
About the role:
As a Data Engineer, you will be part of a cross-functional international agile team, building and maintaining scalable and secure solutions that support our wide range of card and payment products. You will plan, design, develop, test, and maintain applications together with your agile team. You will be part of an agile team with the objective of supporting a customer facing Business Intelligence web application.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Optimize database performance and integrated data models in our data solution in Azure environment.
- Optimize integrated data model for customer facing web application based on source data products (data mesh approach)
- Optimize database performance to meet non-functional requirements (NFRs)
- Contribute to the Community of Practice for Data
- Ensuring high standards in code quality, testing, documentation, and system performance
- Taking an active role in sharing your knowledge, mentoring, supporting stakeholders and contributing to improving customer experience
Who you are
We believe you are an experienced Data Engineer with strong performance optimization skills who
combines strong technical skills with excellent communication ability. You are a problem-solver, team player, and systems thinker who takes initiative and contributes to the bigger picture, always with the customer in mind.
Who we are looking for:
- Experienced in performance optimization of data models in the context of reporting with large amounts of data
- A completed degree in Computer Science or a comparable qualification
- Several years of experience in optimization of data solutions and data modelling (normalization, star schema, data vault)
- Excellent knowledge in SQL and of relational databases (preferable Azure)
- Experience with concepts of non-transactional SQL systems (Impala, Trino, Spark, Hive)
- Knowledge of dbt and of columnar storage (Azure db SQL)
- Experience with git and Jenkins
- Practical experience with DevOps and agile methodologies is a must
- Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes is beneficial
- Knowledge of Java, Python is beneficial
- Fluency in English
What we offer
- Agile and modern ways of working
- A flat hierarchy and openness to share ideas, opinions and points of views
- Extensive training and learning opportunities
- Excellent office environment
- Work-life balance
- Empowering environment
Do you want to be part of SEB?
It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.
Since we select candidates continuously, feel free to send in your application today via the link in this ad, but no later than 10th of March 2026. If you have questions about the position, please contact Carolina Thörne, Head of Data Management SEB Kort, via [email protected], but we will not process applications via email.
Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and criminal records checks. We also apply random drug checks.
SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, why this position might be covered by internal redeployment.
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