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Data Engineer

Vivid Rock
London
5 days ago
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Are you a Data Engineer looking for your next challenge? Would working for a fast-paced, category defining, high growth, start-up be of interest? If the answer to these questions is yes, we’d love to hear from you.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Data Engineer who is eager to sit at the intersection of cutting technology and real-world impact and who can work in tandem with industry leaders and stakeholders to embed tailored solutions into their businesses.


Key Responsibilities:

  • This role primarily covers building out the core product by integrating new datasets into client workflows, with a focus on identifying the commonalties between different client installations to create a scalable SaaS product
  • Collaborate with customers to understand their needs, priorities, context and key outcomes
  • Solve customers’ most difficult business challenges by adapting and deploying platform to meet their needs
  • Design and implement scalable generative AI workflows using platforms like Palantir AIP
  • Execute complex data integration using PySpark and other distributed technologies
  • Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders as required


Key Skills:

  • 3-4 years of solid experience in data engineering
  • Experience working in a start-up / early stage org
  • The ability to translate complex and sometimes ambiguous business requirements into clean and maintainable data pipelines
  • Excellent knowledge of PySpark, Python and SQL fundamentals
  • The ability to get to grips with new technologies quickly


Nice to Have:

  • Experience in dashboarding tools, Typescript and API development
  • Familiarity with Airflow, DBT, Databricks
  • Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (e.g. Oracle, SAP) and CRM systems


Compensation:

Competitive salary - plus benefits package, annual bonus and stock options

If you’re excited by everything you’ve read above and have the experience to match, please get in touch as we would love to tell you more! Email –


Finally…

We are expecting an exceptionally high volume of applications; sadly, we're unlikely to be able to respond to each individual applicant. Thanks for being patient and we'll be sure to get in touch if we're keen to take your application further.

Vivid Rock is passionate about championing diversity and challenging unconscious bias and treats each application carefully. Thank you for your interest and please follow our page for further updates.

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