Senior Data Engineer

We’ve been the go-to for the freshest trainer and apparel releases since 2005, whether it’s big name brands or emerging bedroom labels we’ve got it covered. With over 65 high-street stores across the UK, we’re taking over the high street one step at a time.

The Opportunity

We’re hiring for a Senior Data Engineer to maintain and deliver data products in line with business requirements which enable data driven decision making. You will understand business needs, design and deliver cloud solutions which enable data analysis across the business.

You will share knowledge and experience with more junior members of the team, help to improve coding standards and knowledge of Azure cloud products and languages. Describe complex concepts to improve understanding across the team, show more junior members what good looks like.

You will collaborate with our BI team to provide the best solutions for our customers and move our platform to the next stage and explore Data Engineering concepts and advocate for Data within the business, demonstrating what a well-designed data platform can provide for our internal customers.

The Team

The data team is an enabling team and as such it is important to note that we are a key function for all other teams across the business. We consist of two teams – Business Intelligence Developers and Data Engineering – who work closely alongside each other from end to end. We design solutions together and share best practice. Within the teams we recognise individual skillsets and encourage knowledge sharing sessions and self-development.

About You

We are looking for a driven individual who has a keen eye for detail and strives to ensure that they produce accurate information through visually appealing reporting. Ideally, you will be comfortable liaising with technical teams to understand how business processes reflect in the data produced.

What you will do:

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• You will design, deliver and improve data products in a timely fashion.
  
• You will develop the current data warehouse solution, designing and developing facts and dimensions for use in analysis.
  
• You will assist the BI and Analytics teams in interpreting requirements and deliver engineering solutions which meet the business needs.
  
• You will constantly challenging yourself to find new methods or technology to reduce the time required to ingest and self-serve data.
  
• You will be an advocate for data around the business, identify areas where data engineering can solve problems and present solutions back to the business and wider data team.
  
• You will enable more junior members of the team, distribute your knowledge throughout the team by pairing, presenting and coaching.
  
• You will iterate on our ways of working and improve efficiency across the team, assisting with peer review, QA and release processes.
  
• You will oversee projects which ingest or produce data around the business, provide technical advice and education to product teams on good Data Engineering practice.
  

Skills you will need:

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• 5 years+ working in Data Engineering function.
  
• Databricks, Data Factory, Azure SQL, Azure SQL DW.
  
• Managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment alongside evolving the data tech stack and practices.
  
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and how they can be used to solve modern business problems.
  
• Experience of Kimball Methodology and Star Schemas (dimensional model).
  
• Experience of working with Enterprise Data Warehouse Solutions.
  
• Experience of working with Structured and Unstructured Data
  
• Google Analytics Data preferred.
  
• Retail environment preferred.
  
• A good understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps practice - Scaling and cost, CI/CD, cost saving best practice.
  
• Dedicated to helping improve coding and technology standards across the team.
  

Why Footasylum?

We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills. Our aim is to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and you are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building services to customers and the wider business. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.

Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Rochdale.