PIM Data Engineer

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Role Summary

The PIM Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Product Information Management (PIM) solutions to ensure high-quality, accurate, and consistent product data across digital channels. The role involves data integration, transformation, governance, and optimization of product content to support eCommerce, marketing, and customer experience initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement data models, workflows, and integrations within the PIM platform (Akeneo, Informatica P360).
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, cleanse, transform, and synchronize product data from multiple source systems.
• Define and enforce data quality, governance, validation, and stewardship processes.
• Develop scalable solutions for product hierarchy, taxonomy, attributes, and catalog management.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize PIM data processing and integration performance.
• Collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to understand data requirements and support product onboarding initiatives.
• Create technical documentation, data mappings, and integration specifications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience with PIM platforms, preferably Akeneo PIM.
• Experience in data modelling, ETL/ELT development, and data integration.
• Proficiency in SQL and one or more programming languages (Java, Python, or Node.js).
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON, XML, and event-driven integrations.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Understanding of product catalog management, taxonomy, and master data management concepts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Snowflake, Databricks, or modern data platforms.
• Knowledge of eCommerce product lifecycle and omnichannel content delivery.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and DevOps practices.

Key Skills

• Akeneo PIM
• Product Data Management (PDM)
• Data Modelling
• SQL
• Python / Java
• REST APIs
• ETL/ELT
• Data Governance
• Snowflake

• • Azure/AWS

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