Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Checkatrade – The trusted foundation of every home

Do you have strong knowledge for cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data & Insights function here at Checkatrade. Our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home. Why? Because safe and happy homes matter. This is an incredible opportunity to make your mark in a data mature organisation within a high performing and innovative data team. Our data team is on route to change the narrative from simply data driven decision making AI-powered thinking. Sounds good? Get in touch!

Location: Portsmouth or London based. Hybrid working applies. 3 days per week in the office minimum.

Where do you fit in?

You will have a unique opportunity to leverage the power of data and cloud technologies to develop data products that aim to improve internal and external processes, generate revenue, and enhance exciting existing and future products. You’ll work across various business functions democratising our data to the wider business by delivering a consistent, accurate and user-friendly semantic layer. Not only that, but you will also work closely with the wider data team to empower them with data and enhance their solutions. This is an amazing chance to grow our state-of-the-art data architecture and have an immediate impact on the needs of the business.

What’s in it for you?

• Access to advanced tools and technologies to help you grow your experience.
• An opportunity to become part of data mature organisation within a team that strives for excellence in a digital scale up environment.
• Projects that will have an impact in shaping the business and its future.
• An excellent benefits package, including a great bonus scheme, an electrical vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, private medical plus much more.

We are an equal opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

What do you need to succeed?

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Data Engineer
• Strong Data Architecture knowledge for cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS
• Strong knowledge of MPP systems such as Athena, BigQuery, EMR, Hive, Iceberg
• Hands-on knowledge of orchestration tools such as Airflow
• A drive to learn and grow and keep up to date with the latest advancements of technology! 

We believe in the power of homes to improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities. That’s why our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with the trades and tools to make home improvements easy.

Established in 1998, we’ve built a UK leading brand, expanded our trade base, and seen record levels of consumer demand – but this is just a start!  We are excited about the unique opportunity ahead of us to deliver unparalleled growth while strengthening our position as a UK leading marketplace for home improvements and repairs.   

Our values are who we are and what we do. As a collective we are all in and moving at pace. We have a bias for action and are always customer obsessed. We are innately ambitious and think big and bold. And we always do the right thing by our customers and our team. 

So, if you want to be part of a forward-thinking, values driven business that is truly going places - then maybe this is the place for you?