Lead Data Engineer

Role Purpose

This position needs someone with energy and passion to complement our existing development team, to contribute to our existing projects as well as work on strategic new projects. In this role you must have a desire to deliver high quality output within challenging timeline. The ability to hit the deck running and make valuable contributions quickly will be critical.

Key Accountabilities

• Hands on development on Nexus Platform
• Responsible for the code quality and simplicity in the system
• Working with the team of data engineers and data designers within an Agile framework
• Building knowledge of all data resources within ND and prototype new data sources internally and externally

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Proficiency in technologies such as Spark (SQL and/or Scala), Kafka.
• Experience in Scala programming language
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, applied to data solution
• Proficiency with traditional database SQL technologies
• Experience with integration of data from multiple data sources
• Experience of CI/CD best practices

Desirable

• Experience of ETL technologies
• AWS exposure (Athena, Glue, EMR, Step functions)
• Experience of relational database technologies (MS SQL Server, Redshift, Aurora)
• Experience with data solution BAU processes (ETL, table refresh etc.)

Your Personal Attributes

The candidate will need to enjoy the challenge of problem solving and developing robust and practical solutions; proactive and energetic, they will seek ways of raising standards and reducing errors and will build a culture of continuous improvement; encouraging the team to perform to a high standard and develop imaginative solutions to problems; other characteristics include logical, accurate, consistent, adaptable and inquisitive.

The candidate will have a history of being the champion of the data consumer, ensuring that customer needs are clearly documented for the development teams to deliver, and being a ‘completer finisher’ who ensures the final delivery meets the customer’s needs. The ability to both maintain focus on detailed issues and handle a bigger change agenda is key.

Inclusion at NewDay

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We will not discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the application and interview process.

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