Data Engineer to the Swedish Food Agency

Do you want to contribute to ensuring that food and drinking water in Sweden are safe, honest, and sustainable? Do you have experience working with data and want to build a modern platform for analysis and AI in a vital public organization with high engagement and a clear mission? Then this could be the position for you! With us, you will enjoy significant freedom under responsibility, in a culture defined by trust, transparency, and collaboration. Your Role As a Data Engineer at the Swedish Food Agency, you will be a key person in our digital development. You will be responsible for building, further developing, and maintaining our data platform, ensuring that data from various sources becomes accessible, structured, and useful for analysis, reporting, and future AI solutions. This role suits you if you are confident in your expertise, thrive in a central position, and are willing to advocate for your ideas in discussions with colleagues. You should be able to work independently while also contributing to a calm and structured environment within a fast-paced, engaged team. Your Responsibilities: • Build and maintain data pipelines from internal systems, Excel, and external sources. • Further develop and structure our existing data warehouse in Azure/on-premises. • Drive the establishment of a modern data platform (e.g., Microsoft Fabric or similar). • Support the creation of BI reports and dashboards for the entire organization. • Collaborate with developers and architects to create a sustainable and scalable data infrastructure. • Prepare the organization for AI initiatives by ensuring data quality, accessibility, and the correct format for ML/AI models. The Digitalization and IT Unit At the Digitalization and IT unit, we work with business development and digitalization by leading, developing, and maintaining our IT systems while ensuring operations and support. The position is located in the Swedish Food Agency's development team, where you will have colleagues who are system developers, IT architects, testers, and requirements analysts. We Offer: • The opportunity to take a leading role in building a data-driven organization. • Close collaboration with architects, developers, and management. • A work environment that combines long-term architecture with rapid experimentation. Your Qualifications • Academic degree in IT or equivalent knowledge acquired through other means. • At least 3 years of experience building ETL/ELT processes and working with data warehouses and data modeling. • Good knowledge of SQL and at least one data management language (e.g., Python). • Experience in AI/ML projects or preparing data for such initiatives. • Experience in establishing procedures for data quality, metadata management, and data governance. • Experience with versioning and CI/CD for data pipelines. • Knowledge of ML/AI and data requirements for model training. • Very good knowledge of Swedish. It is preferable if you have: • Experience with Azure Data Platform (Data Factory, Synapse, Fabric) or equivalent cloud solutions. • Understanding of BI tools (e.g., Power BI). • Experience working in an organization with complex data sources. • Good knowledge of English. Your Personal Attributes To succeed in your work, you are responsible, collaborative, and growth-oriented. You are solution-focused, willing to share knowledge, and have a curious approach to both technology and operations. You enjoy being a bridge between technology and usage, driven by creating value through data and contributing to improvements that make a real difference in everyday life. Welcome to Contact Us You are welcome to contact the recruiting manager David Foster. The representative for Saco-S is Shara Unneberg and for ST, it is Anders Staffas. All can be reached via our switchboard at 018-17 55 00. The application deadline is November 26, 2025. Apply via the job listing on Lediga jobb (livsmedelsverket.se), marking your application with the reference number 2025/03994. Applications must be written in Swedish. More Information about the Position Employment type: Permanent, Full-time. We apply a 6-month probationary period. Start date: Immediately or as agreed. Organizational affiliation: Digitalization and IT Unit. Location: Uppsala. All permanent staff at the Swedish Food Agency are designated for war service within the authority. Preparing for the Interview Please bring transcripts, certificates, and identification that support your application to a potential interview. We look forward to receiving your application! Our assessment is based on the information provided in the application documents, so please be clear in describing how you meet the qualifications. This recruitment is conducted entirely by the Swedish Food Agency, and we kindly ask for no phone calls from recruitment companies or advertising sellers. Why Choose the Swedish Food Agency? Food and drinking water affect everyone in one way or another, and there is significant interest in both food itself and the work of the Food Agency. At the Swedish Food Agency, we contribute to ensuring that food and drinking water is safe for Swedish consumers, that no one is misled about food contents, and to sustainable food consumption. 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