People Data Engineer, People Analytics & Insights

Job Description

Are you passionate about building robust, scalable data foundations? Join our team and help us develop a solid data platform on Databricks that powers the People, Places & Culture team with reliable, high-quality data about our people at the LEGO Group.
 

Please note: This role is at Lead Professional level and we do not offer relocation
 

Core Responsibilities
You will be part of a team driving scalable, reliable data solutions for the People Places & Culture Organization to enable data-driven decision making across areas such as workforce planning, talent acquisition, workplace experience, rewards & recognition, and more. Your role will include:

• Build and maintain a robust data foundation on the Databricks platform, designing and implementing dimensional data warehouse models that ensure high data reliability, quality, and accessibility within the People, Places & Culture domain.

• Develop automated, standardized, scalable data pipelines using SQL and Python, minimizing manual reporting efforts and ensuring consistent data delivery to support critical reporting processes (including external reporting).

•  Strengthen people analytics products by implementing accurate, automated data models that support informed decision-making, implementing data quality checks, validation frameworks, and monitoring processes to ensure trusted and reliable data pipelines.

• Equip the People, Places & Culture organization with the right data and tools, enabling them to focus on strategic priorities and enhancing the value of people data across the LEGO Group.

• Lay the groundwork for advanced analytics by building well-structured and well-
  documented data infrastructure that can support future generative AI and machine learning capabilities
   

Play Your Part in Our Team Succeeding

You will be part of the Digital & Data Products team within the People, Places & Culture
Organization, ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and accessibility of people data across the organization. This role is critical to strengthening our data foundations, consolidating data sources, and supporting digital transformation initiatives within People, Places & Culture.

Do You Have What It Takes?
You bring a background in data engineering, analytics, or a related field. You should be
comfortable working in ambiguity and contributing across the data lifecycle in a fast-paced team environment. You may have a couple of years of experience or be a recent graduate with strong foundational skills. In addition, we are looking for:

• Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python — you're comfortable writing queries,
  troubleshooting code and building data pipelines

• Understanding of dimensional data warehouse modelling concepts — you know the difference between fact and dimension tables, understand star schemas, and are eager to deepen your modelling expertise.

• Experience with or strong interest in modern data platform technologies such as
  Databricks, Spark, or similar distributed data processing technologies.

• A continuous improvement mindset – you identify inefficiencies and propose solutions to optimize workflows and processes

• Interest in ML & AI – you are aware of emerging AI & ML capabilities and curious to experiment to identify how they can accelerate the value of data.

It will be an advantage if you bring experience/familiarity with:

• GitHub or similar tool

• Power BI or similar visualization tools

• Data governance principles

• APIs and semi-structured data

• Delta Lake / medallion architecture concepts

• CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) concepts and
  deployment practices for managing data workflows and code changes reliably.
   

It will be an advantage, but not a requirement, if you have experience working with people data (HR data) and an understanding of HCM systems like Workday or SuccessFactors.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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