Prada Group Data Engineer

Milan • Italy

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Prada Group, established in 1913 in Italy, is renowned for its tradition of excellence and innovative vision. As a distinguished entity in the luxury fashion industry, the Group encompasses iconic brands such as PRADA, Miu Miu, Church’s, Car Shoe, and Pasticceria Marchesi. Operating in over 45 countries and employing individuals from more than 100 nationalities, the Prada Group offers a dynamic and international working environment.

1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of business and technical requirements to support model evolution and digital transformation, with a focus on customer intelligence data and sales KPIs.
2. Design, maintain, and enhance key datasets to ensure high quality, certification, and accessibility for enterprise users, components, and systems.
3. Analyze and develop data operations and pipelines in accordance with enterprise guidelines and best practices, including data quality processes, governance, and catalog/glossary curation.
4. Collaborate with business stakeholders and end users to build scalable and agile solutions.
5. Develop, deploy, and manage efficient and automated data pipelines using cloud-based technologies and platform capabilities such as Azure, Databricks, Unity Catalog, and Git-based CI/CD.
6. Adapt to evolving requirements by maintaining and improving existing data pipelines, integrating new features and change requests using an agile approach.

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related STEM discipline.
2. 3+ years of experience in intensive data operations within Big Data and cloud infrastructures/platforms.
3. Strong experience in analytics within the retail industry, focusing on modeling and leveraging sales and customer KPIs.
4. Proven background in Big Data approaches and DBMS/Data Warehouse modeling, optimization, and management.
5. Extensive expertise in data preparation, integration, modeling, and governance processes.
6. Experience in designing and managing end-to-end production-ready solutions.
7. Proficiency in developing microservices and APIs solutions (e.g., REST, OAuth).
8. Fluency in Italian and English, both written and spoken.

1. Deep knowledge of SQL and Spark-related programming languages.
2. Proficiency in configuring and utilizing cloud infrastructures and platforms, with a preference for Microsoft Azure services.
3. Familiarity with stream-processing systems and lambda architectures, including Delta Live Tables, Azure Event Hubs, and Spark Streaming.
4. Good knowledge of retail and/or customer-related processes and backend operational systems.

3+ years in data operations, particularly within Big Data and cloud platforms, with a focus on retail analytics.

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

The role offers an opportunity to work in a creative and international environment, fostering professional growth and development.

The Prada Group values creativity, curiosity, and the pursuit of excellence, fostering a workplace culture that emphasizes professional growth and the importance of talent and passion.