Senior Data Engineer

Our mission is simple…. Inform and inspire. Insider’s workplace is one of empowerment and trust. Our Data Engineering Team is one of delivering value to the business, building great systems, collaborating, growing, and getting better - all while having a laugh.

We work with really smart, fun and engaged people doing great work in an incredible environment! We aspire to provide you with all the tools you need to be a successful career at Insider.

Our core value is effectiveness. We make things happen. We listen to each other, learn from each other, and take risks together. We understand that a diverse set of perspectives and an inclusive environment are critical to our success. All of this helps us get better every day. Check out our mission, values, and culture page to learn more.

The Role & Team:

As a Senior Data Engineer you will  be responsible for understanding connections between new and existing data sources, building a great pipeline for our data workflows, writing superb SQL against our warehouse, and then working with data science and analytics teams to make the business work better and go faster.

This role reports directly to the Director of Data Engineering working remotely in Northern Ireland or from our Belfast City Centre office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to understand data needs and scope out technical requirements for data products
• Design and implement data architecture, and support feature enhancements to the data warehouse
• Develop and maintain scalable and fault-tolerant data pipelines connecting multiple internal data sources and third-party data through APIs as needed
• Discover new opportunities to automate our data ELT (extract/load/transform) pipelines, reporting, and other analytics tasks to drive efficiency and optimize business operations company-wide
• Work with stakeholders across divisions to ensure data quality and integrity from data collecting, processing, and presentation
• Develop alerting and observability tools so that we know of any issues before stakeholders, and stakeholders know the data they’re using is fresh and reliable
• Explore and identify next-generation reporting options that meet the company’s future analytics needs

The Ideal Candidate Has:

• Experience building data products
• Proficiency in Python and SQL
• Ability to communicate excellently with both business and technical audiences
• Experience identifying useful tools that our data stack should incorporate
• Self-directed, supremely curious, and detail-oriented
• Team player who's able to collaborate across functions
• Experience with Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, or Looker is a plus

Salary & Benefits:

• Market leading salary
• Hybrid flexible working - office or home, the choice is yours.*(Candidates must reside permanently in Northern Ireland)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health cash plan
• Life assurance 
• Employee assistance programme
• Highly competitive family leave policies and access to our family benefits platform, Maven, offering support for employee preconception, pregnancy & postpartum.

Application Process & Our Commitment:

• A member of the team will typically review an application within 2 weeks of receipt and we strive to respond to your application no later than a month after we receive it.
• Our recruitment process will be shared upfront and we will be in touch throughout every step of the process in a timely manner.

Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to the Insider community.

About Us: Insider Inc. is the global media company behind Insider and an ever-growing family of brands. Our mission is to inform and inspire the digital generation and become the most influential journalism brand in the world. We reach an audience of more than 375 million users with our stories, which command attention and inspire action.
Our core value is effectiveness. We make things happen. We listen to each other, learn from each other, and take risks together. We understand that a diverse set of perspectives and an inclusive environment are critical to our success. All of this helps us get better every day. Check out our mission, values, and culture page to learn more.

Insider Inc supports a distributed workforce that allows for varied work locations. Many roles are eligible for 100% remote or hybrid remote/office work unless otherwise noted.