Data Engineer

Protein Works
Runcorn
1 year ago
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Initial Description


This is an incredible opportunity to join a growing and highly talented Business Intelligence team. You will be responsible for delivering and maintaining business critical reporting systems across the Protein Works including marketing, trading, operations and finance. You will have a strong understanding and appreciation of data engineering concepts and how to apply them using the Google Cloud Platform. You will possess an unwavering passion for data and how it can improve business performance.


The role: Data Engineer


Immediate Responsibilities


  • Managing and delivering end to end BI reporting projects from initial brief/requirement gathering to data pipeline development (APIs/ETL/ELT/SQL) to visualization
  • Undertaking ad hoc BI tasks based on business requirements and priorities
  • As part of the BI team you will be responsible for the day to day maintenance and enhancement of the data quality, security and performance of the Data Lake/Warehouse
  • Assisting your Data Analyst colleagues to generate impactful business insights and analysis
  • Support the Senior Data Engineer in managing the BI ticket system to ensure tasks are resolved in a timely and effective manner


You’ll Naturally Be Like This…


  1. Possess a “can-do” attitude
  2. Highly enthusiastic with a drive to improve and develop new ways of working
  3. Ability to clearly communicate complex topics in simple terms, to a variety of audiences
  4. Avid self-learner & share knowledge across the business
  5. Highly motivated self-starter
  6. Place a high value on delivering business impact
  7. Positively impatient
  8. Great at building positive, productive collaborations and teams
  9. Excellent interpersonal skills


Non-Negotiables

  1. Demonstrable data engineering experience with an enterprise data warehouse platform
  2. Extremely strong SQL skills
  3. Significant API experience
  4. Experience with visualization tools e.g Data Studio, Tableau, Power BI
  5. Ability to gather requirements from stakeholders across the business and turn into actual deliverables
  6. Solid spreadsheet experience: Excel & Google Sheets
  7. Highly numerate, logical and analytical
  8. Highly organised and excellent verbal and written skills
  9. Ability to multi-task and deliver to deadlines
  10. Excellent relationship building skills and ability to influence at various levels
  11. Well-organised, with an eye for detail in everything you do


Desirables


  1. Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
  2. Experience with the Google Cloud Platform/Data Stack including:
  3. BigQuery
  4. Cloud Functions
  5. Cloud Storage
  6. Pub/Sub
  7. IAM Management
  8. Looker Data Studio
  9. Coding experience with Python/Javascript/C#
  10. Familiarity with statistical/machine learning/AI concepts and techniques
  11. Understanding of data pipeline/orchestration tools e.g. dbt, dataform
  12. Appreciation of GCP’s serverless technologies e.g. Cloud Run/Workflows
  13. Understanding of Google’s marketing stack, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Google Search Console
  14. Experience with low-code/no-code data platforms e.g. Retool, Hex

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