Head of Platform Data

dotdigital; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Medical benefits

Paid sick leave

Dotdigital day

Share reward

Wellbeing reward

Wellbeing Days

Loyalty reward

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Head of Data to lead their data strategy for a rapidly growing SaaS platform. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with software engineering and data science teams to develop scalable solutions in a high-throughput environment. You will drive the execution of data strategies that align with business goals, manage a talented team, and oversee the maintenance of a high-performance OLTP environment. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a company that values innovation and teamwork, while pushing the boundaries of data initiatives at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineers in a SaaS environment is essential.
• Proficiency in data engineering and analytics with OLTP and OLAP systems.
• Familiarity with relational databases, document databases, Google BigQuery, Python, and Databricks or equivalent technologies.
• Experience creating real-time data analytical solutions for large multi-user SaaS environments.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, notably Azure and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Develop data strategies to support company objectives and revenue growth.
• Manage a team to deliver secure and scalable data solutions.
• Manage a team, delivering secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Mentor team members to handle daily ops, projects, and incidents independently.
• Demonstrate expertise in chosen tools and align workloads to promote growth and scale.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Service Ops to maintain data infrastructure and optimize costs.
• Oversee HA/DR for all data stores.

Skills

Team Management

Data Engineering

Data Architecture

Analytics

OLTP Systems

Real-time Data Processing

Cloud Technologies (Azure)

Performance Tuning

Kafka

Machine Learning Integration

Tools

Google Big Query

Databricks

Spark

Spark

Kafka

Job description

About Us

The Company: Dotdigital is a thriving global community of passionate, dedicated professionals, committed to the collective success of the organization and its clients. Our core principles of innovation, teamwork, and client-focused solutions drive us to approach challenges with a growth mindset and take ownership of our work. At Dotdigital, collaboration and curiosity pave the way for meaningful connections and learning opportunities with diverse peers. Our work environment encourages knowledge sharing, fosters exploration, and cherishes creative ideas. Combined, these guide us towards a shared vision in which brands around the world exceed customer expectations through the adoption of responsible marketing practices.

The Product: Dotdigital is an all-in-one customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketing teams to exceed customer expectations with highly personalized cross-channel journeys. With Dotdigital, marketers can seamlessly unify, enrich, and segment customer data. Breaking down data silos, Dotdigital streamlines decision-making and paves the way for marketing creativity that delivers customer engagement at scale. With powerful AI capabilities, Dotdigital makes it easy to automate deeply personalized experiences across web, email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat, push, social, ads, and more.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Head of Data to lead the data strategy for our rapidly growing SaaS platform. The successful candidate will collaborate with our software engineering and data science teams to develop scalable customer facing solutions in a high-throughput and large data volume system. You will be responsible for maintaining a high-performance OLTP environment and spearheading enhancements in real-time data analysis.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute data strategies and initiatives that support company objectives and drive revenue growth.
• Establish a scalable data platform catering to the requirements of our Data Science and Product teams.
• Manage a team, ensuring delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Mentor team members, empowering them to handle day-to-day operations, projects, and incidents independently.
• Demonstrate expertise in chosen tools, understanding their strengths and aligning workloads to promote growth and scale.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Service Ops teams to maintain the data infrastructure and optimize costs.
• Oversee HA/DR for all data stores.

About You

Skills and Experience:

• Past experience in managing a team of engineers in a SaaS environment.
• Solid technical proficiency in data engineering, data architectures, and analytics, with a specialization in building high-performance OLTP and OLAP environments. Familiarity with relational databases, document databases, Google Big Query, Python, and Databricks or equivalent technologies is preferred.
• Previous experience in creating real-time data analytical solutions for large multi-user SaaS environments.
• Knowledge of cloud based technologies, particularly Azure and large data processing frameworks such as Spark.
• Experience working with large distributed systems and high throughput.
• Experience with performance tuning and designing scalable data pipelines.
• Knowledge of real-time data processing and event driven systems. Use of Kafka, Event Hubs or similar.
• Experience working with data scientists, MLOps and building ML enabled features.

Why Us

Data is at the heart of everything we do at Dotdigital and have a lot of it! We process hundreds of terabytes and tens of thousands of requests per second. So if you’re looking for a challenging environment and a chance to push our business forward with cutting edge data initiatives at scale, then this is the role for you.

Don’t just take our word for it - hear what your future colleagues have to say about working in our team:

"As a member of the Data Engineering team I have had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of data platforms, which not only broadens my knowledge base but also keeps me constantly engaged with evolving technologies.The team I work with is highly skilled team and truly inspiring. We motivate each other to innovate and excel in solving complex, large-scale problems with multi-terabyte datasets and high throughput rates. Moreover, Dotdigital embraces a relaxed and flexible work culture, ensuring the great balance between productivity and well-being. If you seek an environment that fosters personal and professional growth, Dotdigital's data team is the perfect match"

Robert Silver - Lead DBA

Interview Process

• 15min Screening Call with Team Talent
• 1st stage interview with Platform Engineering Director & Lead DBA
• 2nd stage interview with Platform Engineering Director & Lead DBA & Platform Engineering Manager. Technical whiteboard session.
• Final stage interview with CPTO.

Some of Our Global Benefits

• Parental leave
• Medical benefits
• Paid sick leave
• Dotdigital day
• Share reward
• Wellbeing reward
• Wellbeing Days
• Loyalty reward

DEI commitment

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to equality in all its practices with regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. If you have any additional requirements or adjustments to assist an application then please don't hesitate to contact us and advise us how we can best support you.

Legal statement

No agencies/recruiters please. We are only accepting applications directly from the applicants. If you are a recruiter, please refrain from reaching out to our staff about this position. Anything contrary will be treated as unsolicited approach under the applicable data protection law.