About us: We are champions of rail, inspired to builda greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enablesmillions of travellers to find and book the best value ticketsacross carriers, fares, and journey options through our highlyrated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. Great journeysstart with Trainline Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app,with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.9 billion in annualticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies inover 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is assimple, seamless, and affordable as it should be. Today, we're aFTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris,Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth inthe UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on thishigh-speed journey. Position: Head of Data Engineering &Architecture Location: London (Hybrid, 40% in office) Salary:£Salary + Bonus + Equity + Benefits We are recruiting for anexperienced Head of Data Engineering & Architecture to build aworld-class Data Engineering function and data platform, owningboth strategy and delivery for Data Engineering as a disciplinealong with the vision, roadmap, operations and cost of the Dataplatform and associated products. As Head of Data Engineering andArchitecture you will... - Lead the org of circa. 30 Data Engineersand Data Engineering Managers. - Set the vision and strategy forthe Data Engineering function and drive necessary organisationalchange to achieve the vision. - Set the vision, technologyblueprint, architecture and roadmap of the Data Platform. - Ensuredelivery of OKRs for Data and vertical Data Product Teams. -Architect our analytical data stores to maximise productivity andefficiency for data consumers with effective metrics and datamarts. - Ensure that our data assets are discoverable, documentedand readily accessible to consumers and appropriately protected. -Engage and nurture the Data Engineering teams to drive and foster ahigh engagement culture. - Manage the costs of data systems and 3rdparty suppliers within the current FY budget and accuratelyforecast the next FY budget. - Define and implement effective waysof working for delivery teams and ensure these are embedded. -Influence the direction of our technology platforms so that theyare aligned to the needs of delivery teams and drive adoption ofnew technologies. - Embed high standards of engineering excellencein delivery teams. - Define effective operational processes andensure that teams embed these processes and achieve operationalperformance targets for availability, performance, security, oncall rotas, incident management etc. - Ensure the Data Engineeringfunction engages with regulatory, audit or compliance teams andprocesses and achieves compliance with relevant policies in DataGovernance, security, privacy and IT controls. - Coordinate largercross-team projects or programmes within the Data function andensure that we have governance in place to manage delivery. We'dlove to hear from you if you... - Thrive in a diverse, open andcollaborative environment. - Have experience managing multipleteams of Data Engineers. - Are an expert in data engineeringinfrastructure, technologies and practices. - Have deep expertisein data modelling and warehouse design in the modern, lake houseera. - Are an experienced and committed people manager withtechnical leadership experience. - Are passionate about agilesoftware delivery with a track record of leading effective agileand lean software teams. - Have a strong background in DevOpsdeploying, managing and maintaining services using Airflow, Docker,Terraform and AWS CLI tools to achieve infrastructure-as-code andautomated deployments. - Have excellent knowledge of AWS services(ECS, IAM, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, MSK). Our Technology Stack: - Pythonand Scala - Starburst and Athena - Kafka and Kinesis - DataHub - MLFlow and Airflow - Docker and Terraform - Kafka, Spark, KafkaStreams and KSQL - DBT - AWS, S3, Iceberg, Parquet, Glue and EMRfor our Data Lake - Elasticsearch and DynamoDB More information:Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dentalinsurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 sharepurchase plans, extra festive time off, and excellentfamily-friendly benefits. We prioritise career growth with clearcareer paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, andregular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your careerfrom day one! Our values represent the things that matter most tous and what we live and breathe every day, in everything we do: -Think Big - We're building the future of rail - Own It - We focuson every customer, partner and journey - Travel Together - We'reone team - Do Good - We make a positive impact We know that havinga diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we meanall forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability,nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed tocreating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs anddifferences are valued and celebrated. Interested in finding outmore about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check usout on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!#J-18808-Ljbffr
