Lead Data Engineer

Sector:

Digital Health Company

Job Spec:

The Data Engineering team is committed to build the end-to-end engineering platform using cloud-based solutions that are engineered for scale, availability & high performance in a distributed data processing environment.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

They are looking for a motivated Data Engineer to join an expanding team. You will work in a fast-paced environment where you will get an opportunity to build & contribute to the full lifecycle development & maintenance of their data engineering platform.

Main Duties:

• Design & implement data engineering cloud solutions that is reliable, scalable & secure.
• Understand & translate business needs into data engineering solutions.
• Build large-scale data pipelines that can handle big data sets using distributed data processing techniques that supports the efforts of the data science & data application teams.
• Contribute to defining data governance across the companies data platform.

Essential Skills

• A minimum of 8 years of demonstrated relevant working experience.
• Proven experience working with complex digital delivery projects
• Demonstrated experience working with large APIs
• Experience & high proficiency with AWS Expertise with Cloudwatch
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experience with Deep Learning & Machine Learning Tools and Software.
• Experience in statistics, data processing & data annotation.
• Quality assurance with respect to data & models.
• Software development languages including Python, SAS, R or Java.
• Data analysis tools - Apache Spark, Hadoop, or a similar cloud provider
• Effective oral & written communication to communicate insights extracted from the data.
• An excellent communicator with superb customer needs and collaborate as part of a cross-functional team.
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships and influence others.

Preferred Skills

• Redshift, Azure infrastructure, Databricks, Postgres SQL, Power BI
• BSc in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree.

Benefits:

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Full health insurance for you and your family

Generous pension 10%

Fully remote/flexible working to suit your needs

Career progression, free study.

Here at Southern Lights, we strive to create an inclusive environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute fully. Our recruitment practices are designed to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of their race, colour, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, or socioeconomic background.