Job Location: Training Ground BR3 1RJ (and remote)

Contract Type: Full-time

Salary/ROP: Competitive

Deadline: 12th October 2025 (Please note: This position may close early if a high volume of applications is received)

We are Crystal Palace Football Club, a Premier League Football Club with more than 160 years of proud history. We offer the best atmosphere and culture for our fans and our employees.

We strive for excellence in the workplace with a philosophy of high standards, professionalism, and a strong work ethic from our employees.

About this role:

We are hiring a Data Engineer to transform how the club uses data. You will play a key role in building a unified data foundation that powers analytics across departments, including Recruitment, Performance Analysis and Sports Science.

Responsibilities:

• Build, test and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, clean and transform data from a variety of football data sources across the club
• Create and monitor processes that map and merge these data sets together to generate combined insights
• Implement best practices with documentation, version control and deployment pipelines, so that all ensuing analytics are based on high-quality data
• Understand the analytical needs of colleagues across the club (Recruitment Analysis, Performance Analysis, Sports Science etc.)
• Other duties and responsibilities as required by line manager.
• Upholding and promoting the Club’s policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities policies and procedures.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

Essential:

• Minimum 2 years professional experience in a data engineering role
• Undergraduate degree or higher in a STEM subject
• Proficiency in Python and strong experience working with SQL
• Experience building pipelines in cloud-based data platforms (Microsoft Fabric or similar e.g. Azure, Databricks etc.)
• Experience in CI/CD and version control (i.e. Git/GitHub)

Desirable:

• Experience in monitoring and optimising Spark processing workflows
• Knowledge of R
• Skills in building data models for reporting tools (ideally Power BI)
• Familiarity with the latest football data sets (e.g. tracking data)

Person Specification:

• Adaptable to evolving technologies and working in a fast-paced environment
• Able to communicate technical concepts in a clear and approachable manner
• Independent and self-motivated, taking ownership of projects
• Committed to continual professional development
• Keen to take initiative and follow the latest trends in data engineering and AI
• Available to fix data processing issues in non-traditional hours when needed (e.g. match-related)

Benefits:

• Complimentary match day ticket
• Reward and Discount Scheme through our Tech Scheme and Simple Health app
• Health and Wellbeing benefit scheme
• 20% Discount in our Retail Stores
• Discounts in various gyms through GymFlex
• Volunteering Day - 1 Workday off to support a charity of your choice.
• Travel Season Ticket loan
• Holiday allowance that increases every year of service

Our commitment to Equality:

At Crystal Palace Football Club, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion is spirited and continues to grow due to the working environment, which makes all staff feel appreciated and welcomed. Crystal Palace Football Club do this by encouraging good relations and practices towards different groups and are committed to promoting employment opportunities that celebrate diversity.

We are committed to attracting, recruiting, and retaining the most talented candidates and the club intends to ensure that everyone who wishes to engage with the club, whether as matchday fans, staff, players, board members, participants in Foundation programmes and any other person engaged with the club's activities, has a real and equal opportunity to do so.

Reasonable Adjustment:

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. We guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, ensuring equitable opportunities for everyone.

If you require disability-related adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact DLO@cpfc.co.uk (DLO inbox is for disability-related queries only, if you wish to gain further information regarding this vacancy, please contact cpfc.recruitment@cpfc.co.uk ). We are here to help you through the whole recruitment process including trying to apply for a vacancy, getting in touch with us through the process, and/or helping with access in case you are required to come in for an interview.

Safeguarding:

Crystal Palace Football Club is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, the post holder will be required to undergo any relevant security checks, including a comprehensive background check, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to ensure the safety and protection of children and vulnerable individuals.