Senior Data Engineer

Hometrack

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Volunteer day

Digital detox day

Cycle to work

Calm App membership

Enhanced parental leave

Fertility treatment support

Group income protection

Private medical insurance

Gym on-site / regional gym access

Pension 7.5%

Bonus up to 10%

Referral bonus up to £5K

Job summary

Hometrack is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Services product team in London. You will help deliver data platforms and datasets powering our market-leading AVM, serving mortgage lenders, builders and utilities alike.

The role emphasizes scalable data products, collaboration, and robust data governance. Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the London Bridge office; you will write maintainable code, review peers, and optimize ETL and data pipelines to ensure accuracy,

Qualifications

Experience with modern data platforms and data lake architectures.
Proven ability to design and optimize ETL pipelines for performance and reliability.
Strong proficiency in Python and PySpark, with SQL fluency.

Responsibilities

Own data engineering outcomes for Hometrack's Data Services initiatives.
Build and optimize data pipelines and datasets powering AVM and analytics.
Collaborate with Product, Analytics, Security and Software teams to simplify complex data problems.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

Lakehouse

ETL

Python

SQL

PySpark

Data pipelines

Data products

Collaboration

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Lakehouse

Job description

Hybrid working pattern - 2 days per week from London Bridge Office

Hometrack is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our product team to help us deliver Hometrack's Data Services ambitions. By building the best property data sets available, which back the market leading AVM, trusted by 17 out of the top 20 mortgage lenders in the UK, we open the door to helping all our customers make the decisions that matter to them - to buy, to lend, to build.

The Data Services team works with 100s of customers across the property sector ranging from mortgage lenders, house builders, investors, fin & proptech, insurers, telco, retail and utilities, as well as others involved in the housing market. Our mission is to inform decision makers by putting the UK's most trusted property data and insights at the heart of the property ecosystem.

Our market intelligence and customer acquisition, retention and engagement solutions are relied upon by leading industry professionals.

Data Services has a diverse product range covering market, property and mover intelligence, delivered through varying mechanisms including data platforms, reports and APIs, providing maximum flexibility when matching our customers' needs to the most effective data solution.

Hometrack is looking for an experienced senior data engineer to help us make this a reality.

What we're looking for in a Senior Data Engineer:

Be accountable for team outcomes, playing your part in achieving team goals and ensuring your contribution positively impacts overall success
Be a continual improver, looking for ways to help the team do better and be better, again and again
Write maintainable, testable code and enjoy providing code reviews
Be experienced with Databricks, Delta Lake and Lakehouse architecture for efficient data management; experience with ETL processes and optimizing data pipelines for performance
Be strong in Python, SQL, and PySpark
Be passionate about building data products for stakeholders and customers, ensuring they are stable, scalable, secure, accurate, observable, and performant
Enjoy collaborating closely with colleagues in Product, Analytics, Security, and Software, explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences

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