Principal Data Engineer
This is an exciting opportunity for an experience data engineer to join our team as Principle Data Engineer. Based out of Nottingham in our International Data Office, you will be responsible development and adoption of our analytics data engineering principles and patterns throughout the organisation
Who we are
International Technology & Advanced Analytics (IT2A) is a multi-national function of Walgreens Boots Alliance based in the UK, Europe, Asia, South America and the USA. We leverage emerging technology and robust data to transform our pharmacy and retail offerings, improve experiences for customers and patients and enhance operational effectiveness for team members. Partnering with some of the finest tech providers and utilising a cutting-edge tech stack, we support two of the UK’s most trusted and established brands - Boots and No7 – in personalising their customer interactions. We’re an innovative team of specialists spanning security, hosting, architecture, software engineering, networks, project delivery and more. A proud equal opportunity employer, we passionately embrace team member diversity and provide a positive and inclusive working environment for all.
About the role
Within the Data Office we’re embarking on a radical modernisation of how we design, build and maintain our data products. As Principle Data Engineer you will collaborate with experts within our teams and partners to develop data engineering patterns and principles. You’ll ensure that our principles and vision is consistently applied throughout our organisation. Using your data engineering expertise, you’ll coach and support your peers to improve the value and effectiveness of our data. You’ll help design and build our data warehouse, our ML pipelines and AI products.
We offer our Support Office team members a flexible, hybrid working approach based upon empowerment, accountability, care and trust which includes a balanced mix of remote and office-based working - this will be discussed with you as part of the application process.
What you’ll need to have
• Significant ‘hands on’ experience of data engineering within an analytics and/or data science environment.
• Expert knowledge of one or more data languages including SQL, Python and Spark.
• Experience of coaching and developing your peer’s knowledge and understanding of modern data engineering principles and practices.
• Experience of developing large scale data engineering solutions in cloud technologies (preferably Microsoft Azure)
It would be great if you also have
• Experience of data warehousing techniques such as Kimball dimensional modelling.
• Experience of developing ML and AI solutions
• Experience of line management
• Knowledge of agile processes such as Scrum
Our benefits
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Generous employee discount plus enhanced discounts for Boots brands, Boots Opticians and Boots Hearingcare
• Excellent onsite facilities including staff shop, opticians (including free eye tests for team members), gym, cafeteria, outdoor seating spaces and dry cleaning service
We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you; click here to view our full list of company benefits (all rewards and benefits are subject to change and eligibility).
What’s next?
If your application is successful, our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you will be notified by email.
We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to enable you to be at your best.
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