ROLE OVERVIEW
Croud is a global, full service digital marketing agency with aunique business modelthat helps businesses drive sustainable growth in the new world of marketing. Croud was recently named aSunday Times Best Place to Workfor the second year in a row, and was namedPerformance Marketing Employer of the Yearby PMW.
At Croud, we unlock potential by elevating our people, clients, and communities within a rapidly advancing and complex economy. We operate as a unique scaled network of Intelligent, Creative Specialists, enabling us to deliver superior brand outcomes and unlock potential for our people, our clients and our communities.
Our culture is strategically driven and inspired by a shared long-term vision. It is collaborative and connected, with a focus on continuous learning and mutual support.
We are energised by future thinking, driving innovation to achieve better outcomes. We are instinctively generous, actively including and empowering our people. Above all, we are purpose-driven, committed to positively impacting our people, the planet, and our global communities.
We are investing in data, technology and analytics as a strategic priority. The team brings together a number of capabilities that sit within different parts of Croud, into one unit that will drive cutting-edge development in a number of critical areas for the business.
The role sits within the Data Engineering team and reports to the Head of Data Engineering. The team’s remit is to drive innovation & revenue through the development & delivery of revenue-generating/client-facing data engineering solutions used across the agency.
The Data Engineer will be part of a growing team that delivers highly impactful data solutions across our extensive client portfolio and also the agency’s own product offerings. We seek individuals who are proactive, self-starters with a meticulous eye for detail, and who can communicate clearly and effectively across our diverse internal and external stakeholders.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ownership of project implementation to successfully deliver client solutions and services in collaboration the other team members
- Solutionizing client deliverables
- Being a key contributor in the implementation and maintenance of DataOps and governance policies, processes, and standards
- Championing data, software engineering and data security best practices and helping and mentoring the team to implement and uphold those practices
- Hands-on involvement in data integrations, warehousing, automation and related engineering tasks
- Research and Development on the possible technologies and help the team and clients adopt those where appropriate
- Highlight risks and produce effective mitigation plans to address them
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential:
- Proactive and self-motivated individual, keen to take initiative
- Excellent Python, SQL, and database design skills, with proficiency in dbt/Dataform or similar SQL development frameworks
- Proficient with cloud-based modern data warehousing technologies, particularly GCP and related technologies, especially BigQuery (we are also open to considering candidates with strong comparable experience on other leading cloud platforms)
- Strong understanding of best practices and trends in data, software engineering and AI, including unit testing and producing clean, maintainable code
- An ability to communicate clearly and effectively on technical topics with varied types of technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on experience with the development and maintenance of production data pipelines, especially using serverless technologies
- Productionising software applications, experience with Docker
- Infrastructure automation, preferably with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines
Highly Desirable:
- Experience leveraging GenAI technologies for data solutions
- Prior experience with Martech technologies and solutions
- Experience in an agency environment while managing multiple priorities
Desirable:
- Experience with data science for statistical / machine learning models
- Experience productionising ML pipelines (MLOps)
- Experience with data visualisation platforms such as Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio)
COMPANY BENEFITS
Croud operates ahybrid working modelwith a minimum of2days a weekbased in ourShrewsburyofficeand the remaining days from home if you wish.
Croud offers a clear path to progression for all members of staff. We are committed to offering development opportunities alongside a support system of regular performance reviews. The opportunities are endless!
On completion of the three-month probation period, every employee is eligible for the benefits listed on our careers site which include:
- 25 days holiday a year
- Discretionary annual performance based incentive
- Sale commission
- Recruitment referrals bonus
- Health & Wellbeing contribution
- Ride to Work scheme
- Railcard
- Season Ticket loan
- Home office chair and home office screen
- Free fruit, breakfast cereals, snacks and tea & coffee in the office
- Enhanced Primary and Secondary family leave as well as extended Parental Leave and Shared Family Leave
- Life insurance and income protection
- Medical Cash Plan
- Pension
- Curated 3rd party learning platform as well as access to Croud Campus (our bespoke learning and development platform)
- IPA Membership
- Peer to peer recognition scheme 'bonusly'
- Team off-sites/regular socials
- Year-round holiday parties
- Flexible working options
- Day to make a difference
Standard hours are from 9.00am to 5.30pm, there’s flexibility if agreed in advance with your line managers (it may also be necessary on occasions to work outside of these hours).
Croud is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. All candidates will be assessed based on merit, qualifications and their ability to perform the requirements of the role.
OUR VALUES
At Croud, our vision centres around the idea of unlocking potential. We do this by elevating everyone in an inclusive and progressive culture, empowering individuals to deliver their best work. This means we build better brand outcomes, and unlock potential for our people, our clients and our communities.
We live and breathe five key values at Croud, which build a culture that elevates everyone, allowing our people to thrive:
- In it together- our value on integration, collaboration and outcomes
- Eye on the future- our value on futurism, creativity and passion
- Generous in spirit- our value on people, development and inclusion
- Do what you say- our value on integrity and accountability
- Make a difference- our value on purpose and impact
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