Data Engineer

Location MilanLombardyItaly
Type Other
Seniority Mid-Level
Posted Mar 15, 2026
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Prada Group seeks a Data Engineer in Milan to build cloud data pipelines and analytics models for sales and customer intelligence.

Overview

Prada Group is a leading global luxury fashion group that manages a portfolio of distinguished brands including PRADA, Miu Miu, Versace, Church's, Car Shoe and Luna Rossa. The Group is recognised for Italian craftsmanship, creative innovation and a multinational, design-driven organisation that invests in digital and data capabilities to support commercial and customer strategies.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Translate business and technical requirements into scalable data models and production-grade datasets, with a particular focus on customer intelligence and sales KPIs.
  • Design, build, maintain and optimise automated cloud-based data pipelines to ensure high-quality, certified and easily consumable datasets for enterprise users and downstream systems.
  • Implement data governance, cataloguing and quality controls in line with enterprise standards (catalog/glossary curation, data quality processes).
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, data consumers and cross-functional teams to deliver agile, production-ready solutions and integrate change requests.
  • Develop and deploy microservices and API-based integrations (e.g., REST, OAuth) to expose data and services to internal applications and analytics platforms.
  • Continuously improve existing pipelines and platform components, adopting CI/CD best practices and cloud-native capabilities.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related STEM discipline.
  • Minimum of 3 years' hands-on experience in data operations within Big Data and cloud platform environments.
  • Fluent written and spoken Italian and English.
  • Proven track record designing and operating end-to-end, production-ready data solutions and pipelines.
  • Experience applying analytics to retail contexts, specifically modelling and leveraging sales and customer KPIs.

Skills

SQL Spark Databricks Microsoft Azure Unity Catalog Git based CI/CD Delta Live Tables Azure Event Hubs Spark Streaming REST OAuth microservices APIs DBMS Data Warehouse Big Data stream-processing systems lambda architectures

Experience

At least 3 years of intensive data operations experience working with Big Data and cloud platforms, including development and maintenance of production-grade data pipelines, data modelling for analytics (sales/customer KPIs), and implementation of governance and data quality processes. Experience with microservices/APIs and Azure preferred.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or related STEM discipline

Culture

The Prada Group cultivates a creative, international and design-led workplace where craftsmanship and innovation intersect. Teams are diverse and collaborative, with an emphasis on professional growth, inclusion and the pursuit of excellence across digital and commercial functions.