Senior Data Engineer

What will I be doing?

As our Senior Data Engineer, you'll be joining our growing Data Team to help take the business to the next level by enhancing the data held within our data warehouse. You’ll play a key role by designing, building, testing and operating data transformations, collaborating closely with colleagues in the product engineering team and across other departments. 

As part of your everyday role, you’ll be involved in the following: 

Developing and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes to integrate and transform diverse data sources into a unified data model. Designing and implementing data models and database schemas to store and manage large volumes of structured and unstructured data. Collaborating with people across the business, including product managers and developers, to define data requirements and understand data usage patterns. Optimising data solutions by leveraging techniques such as partitioning, indexing, and caching. Mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior data developers and engineers. Developing and maintaining data quality assurance processes to verify the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of the data. Assisting in troubleshooting production issues to resolution, ensuring measures are implemented to prevent recurrence. Providing out-of-hours support as required in line with organisational SLAs. Staying updated with the latest industry trends and best practices. 

What are we looking for? 

We know that the perfect candidate who ticks every box doesn’t exist, so if you’re excited by the role and can do most of the below, please get in touch - you could be exactly what we need! 

Ideally, we’re looking for commercial experience of: 
 

Data warehousing Snowflake  Python, SQL  JSON, XML  MySQL  MSSQL Server  AWS Glue 

Alongside other experience such as: 

Experience or a passion for mentoring and offering technical guidance  Excellent written and oral communications skills.  Understanding of testing strategies Being self-assured enough to challenge a technique or decision.  Understanding and approaching difficult conversations in a diplomatic way. Being a good judge of priorities and understanding the bigger picture. Being persistent when advocating for quality deliverables, while accepting when compromises must be made. 

What’s in it for you? 

We believe in taking care of our team. As well as joining a rapidly growing company with a good culture and opportunities for employee development, we provide competitive salaries and a range of benefits, including: 

• 25 days' paid holidays plus bank holidays

• A special day off for your or a loved one's birthday

• £500 paid towards a holiday of your choice

• A paid day to volunteer with a charity close to your heart

• A friends and family discount scheme

• Life assurance for your peace of mind

• Social clubs for pet lovers, fitness enthusiasts, gardeners, sustainability champions, nutrition enthusiasts and more

• Exciting social events, including our famous Christmas parties!