Senior Data Engineer

Smoove was founded in 2003 and provides a number of online services for consumers, conveyancers, and intermediaries. Our specialist areas are in the property, legal and financial services industries, working closely with both intermediaries such as mortgage brokers, as well as customers.

Location: Hybrid working. Expectation to be in Head Office based in Thame, Oxfordshire once a month.

Hours: 37.5 hours a week , Monday – Friday flexible.

Salary:Competitive DOE + our competitive benefits package (details below)

Role overview:

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer reporting into the Data & Analytics Director to bring our data infrastructure to the next level in terms of reliability and stability, with a view on establishing a larger data mesh set-up managed from a hub of excellence. In the past 3 years we have set up the Smoove data infrastructure from scratch. We have built a lakehouse with automated reporting and self-serve on top of that. With expanding scope and responsibilities, we need to mature our solution to retain its quality and design how we scale efficiently. The focus of this role will be on DataOps/DevOps, ingestion and data processing within Databricks. The responsibility will be end-to-end due to our small team size, with a real ability to make a difference.

Main responsibilities:

• Mature the data infrastructure to ensure reliability and stability
• Manage ingestion pipelines (currently ADF and python)
• Ensure the quality of raw datasets for the Data Analysts to create a data model on
• Manage and deploy data related tools on Kubernetes (Airflow, Superset, RStudio Connect)
• Support Data Analytics work through management of DBT, deployment rules, DevOps

Skills/Experience required:

• Relevant Data Engineering experience on Azure/ Databricks/ Delta Lake
• Experienced in Kubernetes/ Infrastructure as Code/ Terraform
• Well versed in Azure DevOps
• A strong preference for simplicity and transparency over complexity
• Be innovative, drive forward and make solutions work using best practices

How we will support you:

• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get an enhanced, generous holiday package
• You have the option for flexible, remote working
• Access to our beautiful head office in Thame, Oxfordshire – a great space to work, meet colleagues and collaborate
• Our benefits package includes; private medical insurance, volunteering day, competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, Death in service insurance, and lots more
• Pre-arranged social events to make sure we have fun, stay connected and to ensure it isn’t all about work
• Smoove help you develop your career with a detailed, performance management scheme
  
  About Smoove:
  Our vision is to simplify and revolutionise the home moving and ownership experience for everyone. So we are on a mission to deliver products and services that remove the pain, frustration, uncertainty, friction, stress and snail-like pace moving home currently takes. We are a leading provider of tech in the property sector, founded in 2003 our product focus has been our conveyancer two-sided marketplace, connecting consumers with a range of quality conveyancers to choose from at competitive prices via our easy-to-use tech platform. We are now building out our ecosystem so consumers can benefit from our services earlier via their Estate Agent, through to smarter conveyancing platforms making the home buying or selling process easier, quicker, safer and more transparent.