Senior Data Engineer

London (gb)Full-timesenior

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energy domain knowledge Python as our main programming language Databricks Spark for data processing Databricks/dbt/SQL for data modelling and analytics Streamlit for data applications and

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Acting as the flexibility team’s first full-time data engineer, establish the team’s data capability, lead the team’s data engineering technical direction and represent the team to the cross-team data community

Upskill data-literate backend engineers, act as the team's data expert and as a multiplier on other engineers' impact

Establish greenfield data engineering systems in a newly established AWS environment

Provide a foundational layer of high quality data processing and warehousing that will enable future projects for both our team and others

Maintain and develop critical data applications - scoping and implementing architectural improvements for long-term global scalability, robustness and operational efficiency

Interface with the established data warehouse, built on Databricks

Take ownership of data platform improvements that enhance the capabilities for all teams and drive trust in the stability of the system

Strong aptitude with SQL, Python and AWS data stack essential;

Experience building efficient, scalable databases and APIs (e.g. Django, FastAPI) a huge plus;

Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, Spark and related monitoring tools (e.g. DataDog, Grafana, Prometheus) for DataOps a huge plus;

Experience with Airflow a huge plus;

Experience with dbt for pipeline modelling also beneficial;

Skilled at shaping needs into a solid set of requirements and designing scalable solutions to meet them;

Able to quickly understand new domain areas and visualise data effectively;

Team player excited at the idea of ownership across lots of different projects and tools;

Drives knowledge sharing and documentation for a more effective platform;

Desirable: energy domain knowledge

Python as our main programming language

Databricks Spark for data processing

Databricks/dbt/SQL for data modelling and analytics

Streamlit for data applications and visualisations

Airflow for job scheduling and tracking

CircleCI for continuous deployment

Parquet and Delta file formats on S3 for data lake storage

Terraform for our infrastructure definition

Kubernetes for data services and task orchestration

Datadog/Grafana/Prometheus for platform monitoring

Django for custom databases and frameworks

Postgres / Aurora for our relational databases

Notion for documentation

We have a preference for candidates who can work hybrid from our London office, but we're open to fully remote candidates (you do need to be based in the UK).

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!

• Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership

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