Data Engineer at Croud

Croud is a global, full service digital marketing agency. We are investing in data, technology and analytics as a strategic priority. The team brings together capabilities across the agency into one unit to drive cutting-edge development for the business and its clients.

Role overview: The Data Engineer will be part of the Data Engineering team, reporting to the Head of Data Engineering. The team’s remit is to drive innovation and revenue through the development and delivery of revenue-generating, client-facing data engineering solutions used across the agency. We seek proactive, self-starting individuals with meticulous attention to detail who can communicate clearly across diverse stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ownership of project implementation to successfully deliver client solutions and services in collaboration with other team members
• Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of DataOps and governance policies, processes, and standards
• Champion data, software engineering and data security best practices; mentor the team to implement and uphold those practices
• Hands-on involvement in data integrations, warehousing, automation and related engineering tasks
• Research and development on new technologies and help the team and clients adopt them where appropriate
• Highlight risks and produce effective mitigation plans

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Proactive and self-motivated with initiative
• Excellent Python, SQL, and database design skills, with proficiency in dbt/Dataform or similar SQL development frameworks
• Proficient with cloud-based modern data warehousing technologies, particularly GCP and BigQuery; strong candidates on other leading cloud platforms may be considered
• Strong understanding of best practices in data, software engineering and AI, including unit testing and clean, maintainable code
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining production data pipelines, especially with serverless technologies
• Experience productionising software applications; familiarity with Docker
• Infrastructure automation, preferably with Terraform; CI/CD pipelines

Highly Desirable

• Experience leveraging GenAI technologies for data solutions
• Prior experience with Martech technologies and solutions
• Agency experience managing multiple priorities
• Experience with data science for statistical or machine learning models; productionising ML pipelines (MLOps)
• Experience with data visualization platforms such as Looker Studio

COMPANY BENEFITS

• Hybrid working model with a minimum of 2 days a week in the London office; remaining days from home if you wish
• Clear path to progression with regular performance reviews
• Benefits listed after probation on our careers site, including: 25 days holiday, discretionary incentives, referral bonus, recharge days, travel and home office support, life insurance, pension and more

OUR VALUES

We live five values that guide our culture and outcomes:

• In it together – integration, collaboration and outcomes
• Eye on the future – futurism, creativity and passion
• Generous in spirit – people, development and inclusion
• Do what you say – integrity and accountability
• Make a difference – purpose and impact