Python Data Engineer

Job Description

Midlevel Python Data Engineer - £50,000 - £55,000 per annum

Overview

As a result of rapid growth, we need a MidLevel PythonData Engineer to join our Data Engineering team. Founded in 2016 as an Amazon agency, Optimizon is one of the UK’s most exciting and fast-growing marketplace agencies.

Based in London and Swindon, with a hybrid office/WFH policy, we have a multi-team approach led by our account managers and supported by our Creative, Advertising, Data Analysis, and Technical teams.

Key role responsibilities:

• Implement data pipelines and systems to connect and process data for analytics and BI systems.
• Document systems and source-to-target mappings.
• Re-engineer manual data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use.
• Follow best practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines.
• Write clean, secure and well-tested code.
• Operate the services and pipelines you build and identify issues in production.
• Assess and prioritise feature requests.
• Recognise opportunities to reuse existing data flows.
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
• Implement data quality checks and validation processes to identify and resolve data anomalies.
• Support business intelligence report development that can be reused.

Requirements and Skills

• Python development proficiency > 3 years experience.
• Strong Software Engineering background.
• Good problem-solving, communication, and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Understand industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards and when to apply them.
• Familiarity with data security and privacy principles, ensuring compliance with data governance and regulatory requirements.
• SQL proficiency and relational database management experience.
• API Implementation and Integration experience, understanding of REST principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of validation libraries like Marshmallow or Pydantic.
• Expertise in Pandas or similar libraries.
• Experience working with Airflow.
• Operating systems (Linux) knowledge.
• Proficiency in modern development practices and infrastructure deployment (DevOps), including Git, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD (CircleCI).
• Experience working with GCP stack (CR, CF, GCS, Secret Manager, etc.).
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT/GitHub.

What You'll Get in Return - UK-based Benefits

• Competitive salary of £50,000 - £55,000 per annum.
• Social events and a fun working environment.
• Generous 33 days holiday including bank holidays.
• Great teammates.
• Paid sick leave.
• EMI scheme.
• Amazon Prime.
• Birthday off in the weekday.
• Enhanced Maternity leave.
• Paid Travel expenses to company social events, conferences, meetings in any Optimizon office, client meetings, etc.
• Fully hybrid working.
• Free eye tests and frame discounts.
• ‘Work from anywhere in the world’ policy.
• Investors In People Accredited.
• LinkedIn Learning.
• Private healthcare scheme.

Does This Job Sound Like the Perfect Fit?

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