Senior Data Engineer

Enra Specialist Finance; Watford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance technology company is seeking a Data Engineer in Watford to define and implement strategies around Data and MI reports. Ideal candidates will have at least four years of experience with SQL, Amazon Redshift, and visualization tools like Amazon QuickSight. Responsibilities include hands-on development of reports, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring report accuracy in a collaborative Agile environment. This full-time role offers the chance to work with AWS technologies and contribute to a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Extensive experience with SQL, Amazon Redshift, and ideally MySQL.
• Experience with visualization tools ideally Amazon QuickSight.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the CTO & the Data and Reporting Manager.
• Develop MI & BI reports for various business units.
• Mentor junior team members and manage report accuracy.

Skills

SQL

Amazon Redshift

MySQL

Amazon QuickSight

AWS Glue

Python

Data Modelling

ETL Processes

Agile

JIRA

Confluence

Tools

Apache Hive

Hadoop

Spark

NoSQL

Kafka

SAP Business Objects

Scala

Job description

Your Role

• Work closely with the CTO & the Data and Reporting Manager to define and implement the short & the long-term strategies around Data & MI reports.
• Communicate effectively with internal customers and third parties.
• Analyse both large and complex reporting requirements.
• Collaborate effectively with Product Owners Developers Designers DevOps Engineers and the wider business.
• Hands‑on development of MI & BI reports for the various business units.
• Work with four other Data Engineers / Reporting Developers and the Data and Reporting Manager.
• Support mentor and help the more junior members of the team.
• Test and cross validate reports for accuracy and integrity.
• Perform regular technical reviews of your teams work.
• Analyse and recommend enhancements to the MI reports processes and standards.
• Assist with resolution of support issues.

Requirements

• 4 years of experience as a Data Engineer or on a similar role.
• Extensive experience with SQL Amazon Redshift & ideally MySQL.
• Extensive experience with visualisation tools ideally with Amazon QuickSight.
• Experience with AWS Glue and the ability to write Python scripts e.g. for ETL.
• Excellent data modelling skills.
• Experience developing ETL & ELT processes from multiple data sources & types.
• Experience in dashboard design and development.
• Experience working in a collaborative Agile environment.
• Mentoring skills for the less experienced members of the team.
• Practical experience with JIRA & Confluence.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self‑motivated proactive independent thinker with a can do mentality.
• Team player.
• Inquisitive with a desire to learn and use new technologies.
• Knowledge of SAP Business Objects would be helpful but not necessary currently in use but in the process of migrating to Redshift & QuickSight.

Key Skills

• Apache Hive
• S3
• Hadoop
• Redshift
• Spark
• AWS
• Apache Pig
• NoSQL
• Big Data
• Data Warehouse
• Kafka
• Scala

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1