Data Engineer

Formula Recruitment
City of London
10 months ago
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Data Engineer | Retail Media Tech

Salary: up to £70,000 p/a

Location: London (Hybrid)


We’re partnering with a fast-scaling retail technology company that’s transforming the in-store customer journey through media and data intelligence. They're looking for a Data Engineer to join their team in London and play a key role in scaling the infrastructure that powers their rapidly expanding retail media platform.


Why This Role?

  • Be part of a pioneering product that blends digital, data, and physical retail.
  • Help build and optimise data systems for thousands of in-store digital touchpoints.
  • Join a cross-functional global team at the forefront of retail innovation.
  • Work with a modern cloud-based stack and contribute to meaningful engineering decisions.


What You’ll Do

  • Design and develop scalable ETL pipelines for processing and integrating large datasets.
  • Build cloud-based data infrastructure to support analytics and media delivery.
  • Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and product teams to deliver actionable insights.
  • Ensure data accuracy, governance, and performance across systems.
  • Research and adopt emerging technologies to improve efficiency and scale.


What You’ll Need

  • 3+ years’ experience in data engineering or backend-focused software development.
  • Strong Python and data manipulation libraries.
  • Highly experienced with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience working with cloud-based data tools (ideally GCP).
  • Knowledge of ETL pipelines, data modelling, and distributed systems.
  • An independent, solutions-oriented mindset with strong collaboration skills.


Bonus

  • Experience in retail, media, or IoT environments.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Cloud Functions

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