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Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
Renaissance Global are recruiting for a Mid-Level Data Engineer to join our growing team.
Working as part of the Data Engineering team you will be responsible for the design and management of our data and data systems ensuring alignment with strategy and surfacing meaningful data insights. The role will primary be focussed around data format, data quality, data privacy, data sovereignty and defining the data standards that other areas (e.g. Stream Aligned teams) will follow. You will also be responsible for simplifying highly technical and complex information for nontechnical users to understand in the form of dashboards, data visualizations, regular and impromptu reports, and data querying tools for users to get the information they require.
Working as part of a platform team the Data Engineer role involves collaborating closely with everyone within the technology team and also the wider business (including data scientists, statisticians, cloud infrastructure engineers, developers, architects, analysts, product owners and the leadership team).
Data Engineer Job Responsibilities:
When looking at the responsibilities can be broken down into the following:
Ability to identify and implement internal improvements around scalability, optimal data delivery and automation capabilities.
Develop a set of data guidelines and standards and support other teams in their usage and adoption.
To develop, deploy and maintain BI tools and interfaces developing and maintaining custom visuals and dashboards that provide insights into key business metrics and trends that enhance the user experience and facilitate data exploration.
Simplifying highly technical language and complex information and provide quantifiable solutions to complex data problems.
Write and maintain queries and scripts to extract, transform and load data from various sources into various outputs conducting testing and validation to ensure quality, accuracy and reliability.
Produce technical documents on database content and map various databases used in the organisation.
Develop, design and analyse data architecture and data models that support efficient data processing and analysis.
Ensure optimal performance of our data systems and platforms.
Knowledge of (or experience) using CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and define key performance indicators (KPIs) and data sources.
Skills and experience required:
To be considered for the role of Data Engineer , we are looking for someone with experience with cloud-based data platforms such as Azure or AWS.
You will also have:
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Experience working with complex data.
A logical approach to problem solving.
Strong understanding of data modelling, data pipelines and ETL processes.
Knowledge of data structures and experience querying and tuning databases.
As our Data Engineer, we are looking for someone who aligns with Renaissance’s mission to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide, we are looking for someone who is/ has:
Ability to communicate clearly at all levels and across functions
Proficiency in SQL and other programming languages commonly used in data analytics (e.g., Python, R).
Experience with Microsoft Azure data services.
Experience working within a DevOps culture
Strong engagement with senior colleagues, individually and as a team
Champions positive change
Effective management of time and priorities and impacts
Motivated to make a positive difference in the lives of teachers and children worldwide
Additional information:
We offer a competitive basic salary of between £32,000-£37,000 per annum, dependant on experience, Plus lots of amazing benefits. We are also open to part time options should this work for you.
Benefits:
Pension & Insurance – all employees can participate in our salary sacrifice company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will contribute 8% of your annual salary if you contribute just 3% to your pension. All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance
Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 days annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our Christmas shutdown (usually between Christmas & New Year, plus UK statutory Bank Holidays. We also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer every UK based employee up to 5 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.
Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks - you’ll get instant access to a benefits and discount platform with 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions, restaurants, and more through our portal provided by Reward Gateway. You will also be able to collect Renaissance Rewards via our employee recognition Platform, these points can be used to purchase items including vouchers on Renaissance Rewards platform. You will also get access to Smart tech where you can get your electrical household and personal items at the best price and spread the cost through your salary, interest free, up to £5000.
Wellbeing & Health – We have a generous maternity/paternity/adoption leave and pay policy, employee assistance programme available 24/7 offering confidential support from counselling to legal and financial advice, including Family Support Services – a specialist bereavement support to help through the most difficult times via our Help@Hand app. This app includes access to GP, physio, nutrition, counselling support, medical appointments, and so much more.
Renaissance UK Office benefits – All Hybrid working employees are entitled to apply for a season ticket loan, use the amazing cycle to work scheme where you can get on your bike for less, save money, and get fit - that‘s a win-win for us! All UK Offices have fruit baskets delivered for all to enjoy a healthy snack each week.
We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you.
All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit.
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Culture overview
Joining us will give you a real opportunity to make a difference to our organisation and the schools, teachers and pupils that we work with. You will gain experience working with an international, award-winning business and help us in our on-going transformation from publishing company to tech business, GL is modernising the way it works and that starts with being Tech centric. If you want to be part of our continuing success story, we would love to hear from you.
Our values – Collaborative, Responsive, Enterprising and Rigorous - reflect who we are, what we do, and what we would like to see more of. We also look for these values in our potential colleagues.
In addition to the benefits listed below, we also offer a few extra perks:
A salary sacrifice car lease scheme with tax and NI savings on hybrid and electric vehicles.
SmartTech is a salary loan/deduction scheme that helps you with the upfront cost of tech and electrical goods.
Access to a benefits and discount platform with thousands of discounts at retailers, gyms, leisure attractions and restaurants
Holiday purchase plan, if 26 days isn't going to cut it for you!
Career progression and development opportunities with individual personal development reviews
Eye care vouchers and annual flu vaccinations
Weekly fruit platters and regular pizza provision - it's called a balanced diet!
Employee Assistance Programme and access to THRIVE, an NHS approved app to help manage your mental health
We offer office based, hybrid or fully remote working, tell us what works for you and we'll work with you to achieve it.
Having a diverse workforce is important to us and we want our teams to reflect the world in which we live. We do all we can to encourage diversity and diverse thinking in GL. Our Diversity Matters Network - owned and driven by our staff – encourages and promotes honest and open discussion. Staff can share their experiences and discuss what diversity means to them, to inform and open up a discussion with our wider network of team members.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Food
Free Parking
Health Cash Plan
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Season Ticket Loan
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
Beer Fridge
Birthday Off
Open Plan
Social Events
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Leadership
Lee-Jon Ball
Interim CTO
Engineering principles
Agile Process
Code Reviews
Communication and collaboration
Continuous integration
Feature switching
Infrastructure as code
Knowledge sharing
Mentoring
Micro services
Monitoring and logging
Pair programming
Refactoring
Scrum
Unit testing
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