Data Engineer

Swap; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software provider in the UK is seeking a passionate Data Engineer to join their platform team. In this role, you will drive change by building first-class data systems and influencing the technical direction of the platform. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, particularly in cloud environments, and a strong background in Python. This position offers stock options and health insurance.

Benefits

Stock options

Private health insurance

Pension

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a data engineer in customer-facing product environments.
• Demonstrable Python experience with data pipeline and API frameworks.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, especially BigQuery and Cloud Run.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and implementation of our API layer.
• Influence the technical direction of the data platform.
• Own replication pipelines for observability and alerting.

Skills

Python

Data pipeline development

API development

Google Cloud Platform

CI/CD technologies

Data governance

Tools

Google BigQuery

GitHub Actions

Data Build Tool (dbt)

Job description

Swap is a leading software provider dedicated to empowering e-commerce brands with innovative, data-driven solutions. Our cutting-edge platform helps online retailers optimise their operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment where creativity and innovation thrive.

About the Role

We're looking for a passionate and detail oriented Data Engineer to join our platform team as we rapidly scale our stack for a new data-driven era at Swap. In this role, you’ll be driving change through building first-class data systems for the whole business whilst shaping the platform vision and driving internal best practices.

This role requires a knowledgeable, hands-on and enthusiastic team player who is excited at the prospect of accelerating and scaling a greenfield project. If you're excited by the idea of working in a fast-paced, collaborative team where you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• API Strategy & Development: Own the strategy and implementation of our API layer, enabling our products to access the data they need.
• Platform Technical Vision: Input and influence the technical direction of the data platform at Swap, ensuring we're always prepared for future business opportunities.
• Data Pipeline Development: Own our replication pipelines to ensure we have first-class observability, latency and alerting capabilities.
• Data Quality & Governance: Driving best practices to ensure our data is trustworthy and reliable as we scale together to deliver best in class products for Swap.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years experience working as a data engineer in customer-facing product environments.
• Demonstrable Python experience working with data pipeline, orchestration, and api framework technologies. Ideally, but not limited to, Data Load Tool (dlt) and FastAPI.
• Several years of experience working in a Google Cloud Platform environment, specifically BigQuery, Cloud Run and Cloud Storage.
• Experience deploying different CI/CD technologies, such as GitHub Actions, to achieve scalable and seamless multi-developer projects.
• Understanding of data warehouse architectures and best practices using data build tool (dbt).
• Ability to clearly communicate and influence the technical vision and direction of the platform to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with Shopify or e-commerce datasets.
• Stock options in a high-growth startup
• Private Health insurance
• Pension