Senior Data Engineer (E3) - Ecommerce

Senior Data Engineer (E3) - Ecommerce | Hatfield/London | Hybrid (2 days office)

“We are on a mission: to transform the future of online grocery through cutting-edge technology innovation.”

Data already powers insights, products and capabilities in every part of Ocado Technology but we’re really just getting started. We are looking to build a new London-based Data Engineering team focusing on the Fulfilment stream with the mission to serve reliable and relevant product data to internal and external customers.  This is important to help product managers make better decisions on how to take Fulfilment capabilities to the next level, whether this is about improving the management of our highly automated Customer Fulfilment Centres or optimising order fulfilment from grocery stores.  We also want to provide high quality data feeds to the retailers using our platform, enabling end-to-end visibility of the fulfilment process and driving improvements to their business and customer service.

Role & Responsibilities: 

The Data Engineer’s role is to design, build and maintain scalable, robust and performant data pipelines and related systems that meet technical and functional requirements.  Data engineering work takes place fully in GCP with pre-ingested data coming from our applications.  You will:

• Influence design decisions by evaluating the objectives and constraints of the system, considering the trade-offs of different possible solutions, etc.
• Demonstrate and advocate good (data) engineering practices minimising future technical debt
• Prototyping solutions using appropriate technologies
• Build automated and reliable production pipelines providing data we can trust
• Manage support process for production pipelines and client-facing data feeds, participating in the on-call support rota of the Ecommerce Data Engineering team
• Work collaboratively with Product Analysts, Data Scientists, Product Managers and Software Engineers to understand data requirements

We would also expect you to: 

• Embrace change and solve problems that could prevent us from reaching our goals
• Collaborate with any colleagues / stakeholders as needed

What we're looking for:

• Demonstrable enterprise experience with data engineering and data modelling
• Strong SQL knowledge and experience
• Knowledge and experience of building and supporting production ETL/ELT pipelines
• Know the latest data tooling in the cloud space (ideally GCP)
• Have experience with agile planning and delivery
• Experience of trying, failing, learning and succeeding

Bonus points if you also have experience in some or all of the following areas (in no particular order):

• dbt and Looker
• Ecommerce tracking (GoogleAnalytics or similar)
• DataOps
• Data Observability
• Defining and measuring data quality

What can we offer you?

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately. Currently, we offer technically stretching work, a competitive salary and;

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere’ policy 
• Wellbeing support through Apps such as Unmind and an Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete) 
• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees
• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)
• Share Options 
• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes

We also have regular divisional socials, sports clubs not to mention the Ocado Technology Academy for a packed schedule of courses, conferences and events. If you think you have what it takes to make a difference, please submit your application below.

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Be bold, be unique, be brilliant, be you. We are looking for individuality and we value diversity. We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to treating all applicants and employees fairly and equally. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive work environment. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We are thrilled to welcome applicants from across the world. Whilst we are able to offer visa sponsorship, please note that we are only able to cover costs relating to the Certificate of Sponsorship and the Immigration Skills Charge only. For all employment offers made for UK roles, it is expected that you will be based in the UK in commutable distance, ready for your first day of work, so please keep this in mind. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Due to the energising nature of Ocado's business, vacancy close dates, when stated, are indicative and may be subject to change so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you have applied and been rejected for this role in the last 6 months, or applied and been rejected for a role with a similar skill set, we will not re-evaluate you for this position. After 6 months, we will treat your application as a new one. All benefits information is subject to change and the terms of the individual arrangements. Please assume you have been unsuccessful if you haven’t heard from us within 4 weeks.