
Chief Platform Engineer
at Danske Bank
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- €5,760 – €8,640 EUR
- City
- Country
- Lithuania
Currency: € (EUR)
**Chief Platform Engineer (Vilnius, Lithuania)** - Enhance Danske Bank's data strategy as part of the Forward '28 initiative. Manage Databricks cloud platform, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability. Lead design and evolution of core platform capabilities using cloud native technologies..ba
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Would you like to be part of Data & Analytics and play an important role in the bank’s Forward ’28 strategy?
Danske Bank is a Nordic bank with bridges to the world around us. For 150 years, we have supported people and businesses in releasing their potential. A career with us is an opportunity to join a community of 21,000 colleagues in a culture where we are committed to Teaming Up, Owning It and Being Open. Data & Analytics is one of the central enablers identified as a priority by Danske Bank’s Executive Leadership Team, with a significant mandate and support.
You’ll join an international team in Data & Analytics that partners closely with the business domains to accelerate data adoption and apply analytics and data science to improve the products and services we deliver to our clients. In this role, you’ll be a key contributor to modernising our platform landscape, with a strong focus on evolving and improving our Databricks cloud platform.
The workplace is located in Vilnius. Danske Bank supports workplace flexibility (we currently use a hybrid work model, where we work at least 3 days in the office).
You will:
- Own and continuously improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of the data platform across environments
- Design, build, and evolve core platform capabilities, tools, and engineering practices for the Databricks platform
- Drive the research, development, and production rollout of new platform features and services
- Define and enforce robust access control, security, and data governance standards
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues across test, system, and production environments
- Automate platform operations, deployment, monitoring, and remediation to enable reliable self-service and fast feedback loops
About you:
- 5+ years of experience in engineering or solution architecture role
- Strong expertise with Databricks, including platform administration and governance
- Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms, AWS would be beneficial
- Solid understanding of Spark and distributed data processing
- Experience with CI/CD tools and automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Experience with infrastructure and platform automation (e.g. Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, scripting)
- Experience operating platforms in production, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident resolution
- Understanding of security, access control, and data governance in large-scale platforms
- A strong team player with a high sense of ownership, accountability, and drive to take initiatives from idea to production
"Be yourself. We like it that way."
We offer:
Monthly salary range from 5760 EUR to 8640 EUR gross (based on your competencies relevant for the job).
Additionally, each Danske Bank employee receives employee benefits package which includes:
- Growth opportunities: professional & supportive team, e-learnings, numerous development programs; (incl. professional certificates); 100+ professions for internal mobility opportunities.
- Health & Well-being: a diverse, inclusive, work & life balance work environment; additional health insurance; mental well-being practices; partial psychologist counselling compensation; silence and sleep zones at the office; game rooms.
- Hybrid working conditions: Work from home up to two days a week; home office budget (after the probation period); modern Danske Campus workplace developed with anthropologist for the best employee experience.
- Additional days of leave: for rest, health, volunteering, exams in higher education institutions, and other important activities. Moreover, for seniority with Danske Bank.
- Monetary compensation package: accidents & critical diseases insurance; financial support in case of unfortunate events, travel insurance; IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contribution.
See all the benefits HERE.
Your job function (position) in the job contract will be Platform Engineering.
If you're interested in this role and joining my team, feel free to contact me – Vladimiras Cincikas via LinkedIn, and I will answer your questions!
Would you like to be part of Data & Analytics and play an important role in the bank’s Forward ’28 strategy?