We are looking for a flexible professional to join our mixed hybrid and remote Data Engineering team following a significant investment funding round. The successful candidate will work with our Research team and other data engineers to extend and improve the search features that power our expert finding service.
We are seeking a candidate that has a passion for building robust and deployable operational systems through solid engineering approaches.
**Please note this role can be 100% remote, but the applicant needs to be UK based and eligible to work in the UK **
Substantial software development and system engineering experience are required, with a focus on ensuring that systems are well engineered, accurate, robust and tested. Any experience in search engines, data lakes and knowledge graphs would be a bonus.
Successful applicants will also need to be able to work effectively with a mixed hybrid and remote team and mentor junior staff members.
We are keen to see applications from experienced generalists as well as deep specialists.
This is a hands-on role developing a system for internal users. Your time will be spent:
As a member of a small and growing team, you will also need to be flexible and may be required to work on tasks outside of core Data Engineering responsibilities (including working with researchers on machine learning problems).
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will also be expected to take a prominent role in defining architectures and roadmaps.
Accountable to the Product and Connect teams for designing, developing, deploying and maintaining the required features
Accountable to the Research teams for supporting research tasks, maintaining the data pipelines and helping to deploy new features
Accountable to the Team Lead for supporting the growth and development of the team, as well as maintaining good software engineering standards
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