Data Engineer

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23000 employees operating in over 150 countries Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the worlds most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join Xylem Water Infrastructure R&D Data & Insights. The role contributes to the design evolution and long-term sustainability of data platforms and analytics capabilities supporting R&D field service and customer-facing solutions.

The position is suited for an engineer with substantial experience working in complex data-driven environments who brings strong technical judgment architectural perspective and the ability to contribute effectively within a team of skilled professionals. The role combines hands-on technical contribution with responsibility for shaping solutions that are robust scalable and maintainable over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Design build and evolve data platforms and analytics solutions used in production.

• Improve existing data pipelines models and architectures to increase robustness scalability and maintainability.

• Work with data generated by physical products and systems including time-series measurement data.

• Design implement and evolve stable and well-defined interfaces that enable integration with other products platforms and systems.

• Contribute to shared architectural patterns principles and technical guardrails.

• Collaborate with other engineering teams to deliver actionable insights and decision support capabilities enabling users and customers to quickly understand the state of their systems through automated analysis of complex datasets.

• Evaluate and leverage next-generation technologiesincluding AIwhere they create clear and sustainable value.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Data Engineer or in a closely related engineering role working with data platforms and analytics solutions in production environments.

• Strong engineering mindset with experience working with data generated by physical products and systems including timeseries and measurement data.

• Experience building and operating backend data applications or services in a cloud environment including proficiency in web app development working with API and deploying cloud hosted solutions for example on AWS.

• Experience working with timeseries and analytical data stores (e.g. InfluxDB and object storage such as S3) and integrating these with Pythonbased analytics or data science workflows.

• Hands-on experience designing building and operating data pipelines or data platforms that are used beyond a single team or use case.

• Ability to make and explain architectural and technical decisions based on concrete constraints such as data quality scale performance operability and long-term maintenance.

• Experience evaluating and applying new technologies or techniquesincluding AI-based approacheswhere they meaningfully improve capabilities

Qualifications

• Exposure to working in industrial domains with systems generating continuous measurement data of physical properties.

• Experience supporting or operationalizing advanced analytics or automated analysis turning analytical outputs into actionable insights for users or customers.

• Experience working across the boundary between software engineering data engineering and data science enabling analytics logic to be reliably integrated into production systems.

• Familiarity with designing solutions intended for reuse where data products interfaces or insights are consumed by multiple teams or systems.

• Experience communicating complex technical topics clearly across teams and supporting others through technical guidance reviews and collaborative problem-solving.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Engineering Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

Why Work at Xylem!

We offer you a creative and international environment where you get the opportunity to focus on your personal and professional development together with committed and helpful colleagues. Engage as a volunteer through Xylems business program for community initiatives Xylem Watermark:.

Everyones equal value

We want people regardless of skin color age disability sexual orientation and gender identity to feel at home not just at Xylem but everywhere in the world. For us diversity equality and inclusion mean more than just a policy or a set of methods. Diversity equality and inclusion are fundamental parts of our corporate culture and a key to long-term growth.

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Welcome with your application!

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage conservation and re-use. Our products impact public utilities industrial sectors residential areas and commercial buildings with a commitment to providing smart metering network technologies and advanced analytics for water electric and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of inclusion and belonging in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.