Data Engineer

Mars Corporate; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in pet care is looking for a Data Engineer to play a key role in transforming pet ownership experiences. The successful candidate will work on data models, pipelines, and collaborate closely with data scientists while contributing to a purpose-driven mission. This position offers an industry-competitive salary, a collaborative working environment, and extensive learning opportunities.

Benefits

Best-in-class learning and development

Industry competitive salary

Company bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in programming or data manipulation languages.
• Expertise in processing and modelling data.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate data flows & pipelines in a cloud environment.
• Collaborate with data scientists on complex data models.
• Ingest and integrate data from disparate sources.

Skills

Programming or data manipulation language experience

Data processing and modeling

Familiarity with Python

Willingness to learn new technologies

Interest in data engineering landscape

Tools

Databricks

Azure

SQL

PowerBI

Job description

Overview

At Mars Petcare we have one Purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS. Through comprehensive veterinary care, nutrition, breakthrough programmes in diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, DNA testing and pet welfare, we help pets in more than 130 countries.

Data and Analytics is foundational to our Petcare OGSM goal to transform the experience of pet ownership through digitalisation at scale. To deliver on this ambition we require the very highest level of technical / engineering expertise within Global Petcare Data & Analytics.

Must have

• Experience in at least one programming or data manipulation language.

• Experience in processing and modelling data from diverse sources

• Familiarity with Python, SQL, PySpark, but more importantly, a willingness to learn is essential

• Ability and strong desire to research and learn new technologies and languages

• Interest in the contemporary data engineering and analytics landscape, the current tools, the latest approaches

Nice to have

• Experience with Databricks, Delta Live Tables (DLT) or Data Build Tool (DBT)

• Experience working in a cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP)

• Experience in building data pipeline/ETL/ELT solutions

• Experience working with consumer data in a real-time environment

• Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. PowerBI)

Personal traits

• An authentic passion for our purpose of creating a better world for pets.

• Good problem-solving skills and an eagerness to develop them further.

• Eagerness to learn quickly and understand intricate datasets.

• Can manage workload and stay calm under pressure.

• Comfortable interacting with stakeholders.

• Enjoys team participation and working collaboratively to continuously improve processes.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Be a part of the journey to unveil deep insights about pets and pet-owners using data. Every step you take enriches our understanding.

• Get hands-on experience orchestrating data flows & pipelines in a cloud environment with a cutting-edge tech stack (Azure, Databricks, PySpark, SQL)

• Learn to incorporate DevOps & CI/CD methodologies to collaborate on a growing platform

• Partner with data scientists, analysts and technology partners, learning how to design and build complex data models for analytical and marketing use cases

• Get hands on experience ingesting and integrating data from a large number of disparate data sources

• Support in the development of high-quality code contributing to a platform which is scalable and easy to maintain

• Enthusiastically evolve your technical skillset, engage in training and learn new technologies and techniques

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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