Data Engineer, Product Analytics

Meta; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build extensive data solutions that will impact billions of users across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in positions related to data handling and a deep understanding of SQL, ETL processes, and programming languages like Python. This role offers the chance to tackle complex data challenges while working in a dynamic team committed to innovation and career development.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working with data.
• Experience in data analyst, data scientist, or data engineer roles.
• Proficient in at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and own the data architecture.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers.
• Solve data integration problems using optimal ETL patterns.

Skills

SQL

ETL

Data Modeling

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s or Ph.D. degree in a STEM field

Job description

As a Data Engineer at Meta, you will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products we build across our entire family of applications (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Reality Labs, Threads). Your technical skills and analytical mindset will be utilized designing and building some of the world's most extensive data sets, helping to craft experiences for billions of people and hundreds of millions of businesses worldwide. In this role, you will collaborate with software engineering, data science, and product management teams to design/build scalable data solutions across Meta to optimize growth, strategy, and user experience for our 3 billion plus users, as well as our internal employee community. You will be at the forefront of identifying and solving some of the most interesting data challenges at a scale few companies can match. By joining Meta, you will become part of a world‑class data engineering community dedicated to skill development and career growth in data engineering and beyond.

Responsibilities

1. Conceptualize and own the data architecture for multiple large-scale projects, while evaluating design and operational cost-benefit tradeoffs within systems.
2. Create and contribute to frameworks that improve the efficacy of logging data, while working with data infrastructure to triage issues and resolve.
3. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to understand data needs, representing key data insights visually in a meaningful way.
4. Define and manage Service Level Agreements for all data sets in allocated areas of ownership.
5. Determine and implement the security model based on privacy requirements, confirm safeguards are followed, address data quality issues, and evolve governance processes within allocated areas of ownership.
6. Design, build, and launch collections of sophisticated data models and visualizations that support multiple use cases across different products or domains.
7. Solve our most challenging data integration problems, utilizing optimal ETL patterns, frameworks, query techniques, sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources.
8. Assist in owning existing processes running in production, optimizing complex code through advanced algorithmic concepts.
9. Optimize pipelines, dashboards, frameworks, and systems to facilitate easier development of data artifacts.
10. Influence product and cross‑functional teams to identify data opportunities to drive impact.
11. Mentor team members by giving/receiving actionable feedback.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience where the primary responsibility involves working with data. This could include roles such as data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, or similar positions.
• 7+ years of experience with SQL, ETL, data modeling, and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, C++, C#, Scala or others).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent.
• Preferred: Master’s or Ph.D. degree in a STEM field.