Principal Data Platform Engineer (Ballerup, Capital Region of Denmark, DK)
About this opportunity
Job Title: Principal Data Platform Engineer
Department: Data Marketplace and Platform Engineering, Enterprise IT & Quality.
Location: Ballerup
Your impact begins here
As Principal Data Platform Engineer, you will set the technical direction for the Novo Nordisk DataCore Platform, the enterprise data and analytics platform built on Databricks. You will shape engineering standards, guide architecture and strengthen how scalable, secure and compliant platform capabilities are built. Your work will enable critical business and scientific use cases across the organisation, helping teams deliver progress that reaches people living with serious chronic diseases.
What you'll bring
To move quickly in this role, you can assess your fit against the following:
• A Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical field.
• Extensive experience in enterprise platform engineering and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven expertise with Terraform, AWS, Azure, Databricks, CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• A strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code and platform automation.
• Experience in highly regulated environments such as pharmaceutical, healthcare or financial services.
• A strong grasp of governance, security, compliance and operational excellence.
• Experience with Data Mesh concepts and enterprise-scale data platforms.
• A track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Useful, but not essential:
• Experience working in global enterprise organisations.
• Familiarity with enterprise data and analytics platforms.
• Experience driving platform modernisation and engineering transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of platform observability, reliability engineering and cloud governance frameworks.
What you'll do
You will act as a technical authority for platform engineering and cloud infrastructure within the DataCore Platform, combining strategic thinking with deep hands-on expertise. Novo Nordisk DataCore Platform (built on Databricks) – instead of Data Core Platform.
• Drive technical leadership and platform engineering strategy for the DataCore Platform.
• Define and implement engineering standards, reusable patterns and platform best practices, including Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Lead architecture decisions across NovoNordisk DataCore Platform team, AWS, Azure, Terraform and Databricks, ensuring secure, scalable, reliable and compliant solutions.
• Support and enable Data Mesh aligned platform capabilities.
• Mentor senior engineers and strengthen engineering excellence across global teams.
• Influence platform evolution and technical decision-making across global stakeholders, while ensuring compliance with our quality management system.
Who you'll work with
You will join the DataCore Platform team within Enterprise IT & Quality, where colleagues work across the Novo Nordisk value chain to deliver trusted technology, high quality and responsible ways of working. You will collaborate closely with global engineering teams, and partner with security, governance and enterprise architecture teams to guide platform direction.
Working across organisational boundaries, you will bring perspectives together, create clarity on priorities and help teams move at pace, so the platform keeps delivering value for the business and scientific use cases that depend on it.
What you can expect here
You will work in a complex, global enterprise environment where your technical expertise shapes decisions well beyond your own team. The role offers the space to build new skills through cross value chain experiences, mentor others and grow alongside colleagues who raise the bar every day. You will be trusted to take ownership and make your voice heard, while being supported to perform at your best.
Salary
For this role, the Annual B ase S alary ranges from 742,600.00 to 1,091,600.00 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.
The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.
Start now
Your impact begins today. If you are ready to shape the technical direction of an enterprise data and analytics platform, apply for the Principal Data Platform Engineer role by 9 October 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
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