About Hobbii

Hobbii is Denmark’s fastest growing ecommerce company within yarn and handicrafts. From their base in Copenhagen, they have built a global brand serving passionate makers in more than 12 markets, with a clear ambition to become the world’s leading online yarn universe. With scalable technology, creative energy and a strong data driven approach, Hobbii is turning craftsmanship into a global success story.

They are now looking to add a Data Engineering Lead - a key role shaping the technical foundation behind a rapidly expanding global ecommerce platform. Hobbii is investing heavily in a modern data infrastructure where reliable data, well defined models and scalable pipelines are essential to both daily operations and long term growth.

About the role

As Data Engineering Lead, you will define the architectural direction for Hobbii’s data platform and ensure that their data ecosystem is robust, trusted and ready to scale. You will work strategically across the business to establish clear data definitions, consistent metrics and an infrastructure supporting forecasting, customer insights, inventory optimisation and operational excellence.

This is a senior role combining long term technical direction with hands on engineering depth. You will define standards, frameworks and roadmaps for data engineering while also stepping into complex modelling, pipeline work and troubleshooting when needed.

The role collaborates closely with commercial teams, product teams and Data AI specialists and plays a central part in how Hobbii uses data to operate smarter and grow faster.

Key responsibilities

• Own the long-term architectural vision for Hobbii’s data platform ensuring scalability, reliability and clarity

• Design and oversee implementation of modern ELT pipelines for systems such as Shopify, Odoo and Emarsys into AWS Redshift

• Lead the development of well structured, documented data models using DBT ensuring consistency across teams

• Build and champion a strong Data Quality and Governance framework with automated testing, monitoring and anomaly detection

• Evaluate and integrate best in class SaaS solutions supporting a Buy before Build strategy

• Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, documentation standards, technical reviews and operational reliability

• Partner closely with Customer Acquisition, Purchase Experience and Finance to provide the data foundations they need for decision making and optimization

• Act as hands on contributor in critical designs, debugging or complex transformations

• Ensure the data platform meets GDPR and international compliance requirements

Your profile

Hobbii is looking for a senior data engineer with strong architectural instincts and the ability to translate complex technical environments into clear strategies. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of long term planning and practical engineering and understands how reliable data fuels both operational precision and customer facing innovation

We imagine you bring:

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering preferably in a cloud based, high growth environment

• Strong architectural understanding of scalable data ecosystems and modern ELT approaches

• Deep experience with DBT, Python, SQL and cloud data warehouses Redshift preferred

• Familiarity with orchestration and ingestion tools such as Airflow, Fivetran or Airbyte

• Experience designing dimensional models and establishing clear analytical structures

• A structured and pragmatic approach to CI/CD, testing, code quality and documentation

• Strong communication skills with the ability to guide stakeholders through trade offs and long term implications

• A calm and pragmatic leadership style able to create direction even when priorities shift or complexity is high

Why join Hobbii?

At Hobbii, you’ll join a team of talented, passionate people who love what they do. The culture is fast moving, they collaborate closely, and have fun along the way.

You will get:

• Competitive salary based on experience and skills

• Flexible work setup – hybrid or remote (HQ in Nordvest, Copenhagen)

• 6 weeks of paid vacation

• Health insurance and paid parental leave

• Catered lunch, great coffee, and lively Friday bars

• Legendary company events and a welcoming, informal culture

• A great staff discount on yarn

Interested?

If this sounds like you, or almost, we’d love to hear from you. FACTOR 7 is managing the recruitment process. For more information, please contact Recruitment Manager Omar Kamel at omar@factor7.dk or on +45 30 22 09 02.