Data Engineer: Build Scalable Pipelines & Insights

Centrica plc; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica plc is seeking a Data Engineer to design and develop scalable data solutions underpinning strategic assets. You will enable trusted, governed data for analytics, AI and digital use cases across the business.

Key responsibilities include building data pipelines, ingesting from sources into data lakes and warehouses, and ensuring security, reliability and performance, in a collaborative, governance-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Engineering or a similar data-focused role.
• Strong SQL and Python development skills.
• Experience building scalable data pipelines and transformation processes.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Databricks, dbt and cloud-based data platforms.
• Good understanding of data modelling principles, data lakes and data warehouse architectures.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, source control and deployment automation.
• Experience troubleshooting data quality, operational and performance issues.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality and information security principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain data pipelines and transformation processes within Centrica's data platform to ensure data is delivered accurately, efficiently and in line with enterprise standards
• Build and support data engineering solutions that ingest, transform and publish data from source systems into data lakes, data warehouses and curated data products for business consumption
• Implement and contribute to CI/CD, automation, monitoring and operational support processes to ensure data solutions are reliable, scalable and secure
• Collaborate with platform, architecture and engineering teams to adopt data engineering best practices, improve platform capabilities and maintain alignment with enterprise technology standards
• Investigate and resolve data quality, performance and operational issues through root cause analysis to improve stability and operational efficiency
• Work with business stakeholders, product owners and data scientists to understand requirements and deliver data solutions that meet business objectives and user needs
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security and regulatory requirements by following established processes, standards and controls throughout the data lifecycle
• Maintain clear technical documentation and knowledge sharing to support operational effectiveness, solution maintainability and team collaboration

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Spark

Databricks

dbt

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Data governance

Education

BSc Computer Science

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Databricks

dbt

Apache Spark

Job description

Centrica plc is seeking a Data Engineer to design and develop scalable data solutions underpinning strategic assets. You will enable trusted, governed data for analytics, AI and digital use cases across the business.

Key responsibilities include building data pipelines, ingesting from sources into data lakes and warehouses, and ensuring security, reliability and performance, in a collaborative, governance-driven environment.