The Company

A fast growing and ambitious marketing and technology company working in the online gambling space.
We are looking for a detailed and commercially focused Data Engineer to join our growing team.
The role will be based 3 days a week in our brand-new office in Watford.
This is an exciting opportunity for a young, hungry individual to join a vibrant team.
This role will report to the Head of Business Intelligence.
Are you passionate about data and how it can be used in an organisation?
Are you constantly curious, with each answer you find leading to another question?
If so, we want to welcome you to the family and harness your talents!
Your mission is to unlock the power of the data by finding innovative ways to source, prepare, model and analyse our large datasets.
By doing this it empowers the business to make decisions quickly and confidently.

Purpose of the role

As a Data Engineer you will be responsible for integrating various platforms with our data environment.
You will engage business users, such as our development team to understand our data, requirements and ensure quality, integrity and availability of our data.
You will be well versed in transforming and modelling our data for analytical purposes. Above all you should be passionate about data.

You will be responsible for

Working in a highly advanced analytics function to integrate data from different sources.
Using Python, SQL and Tableau daily you will be responsible to deliver business requirements
Understanding of data quality, data modelling, batch and real time analytics.
Understanding of customer behaviour, gaming analytics and reporting back to the business
Making clear data driven recommendations and report on the value of implemented changes
Assisting the business to determine the value of the different data sets
Building constructive and trusted relationships with business areas to improve the flow of data and explaining performance to relevant stakeholders
Data integration standards and documentation

You will have

Qualified to degree level (strong preference for an undergraduate degree in Information Systems / Maths / Stats / Engineering or similar)
Proficient in building batch processing data pipelines using Python and SQL to extract, transform and load large data sets.
Experience using AWS especially Redshift, or any other MPP datastore
Experience in creating dashboards and reports using Tableau
Experience of integration standards and documentation
Experience within BI and data development functions
Experience analysing customer, transactional and/or online marketing data
An understanding of star schema and other data modelling techniques
An understanding of CI/CD
Strong communication and presentation skills
Ability to develop and sustain relationships with key stakeholders and peers
Ability to manage a challenging workload, whilst working quickly and precisely under pressure
Ability to work independently and deliver end to end requirements

It would be a bonus if you also had:

Experience of working in a gaming, gambling or online marketing company
Exposure to customer / marketing analytics e.g. segmentation, churn, retention etc

Person Specification

Strong initiative; drives projects themselves and takes ownership of delivering to a high standard
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish, develop, and maintain relationships with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent time management and organisation skills with ability to work under deadlines and manage conflicting priorities
Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy
Must be comfortable in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment.
Adaptable to changing priorities and be enthused by fresh challenges
Creative in finding solutions

What we can offer you:

You will have a brilliant opportunity to develop your career & work in a fast-paced, fun and growing company where every employee has an important part to play in helping us reach our goals.
We've invested in creating an awesome office environment complete with our own in-house chef, a games room and the best video conferencing equipment to make it a fantastic place to work.
Our flat structure, transparency and supportive culture mean that our team are instilled with a strong sense of purpose and ownership, all whilst being supported to reach their career and development goals.

Here are just a few things that we are proud to say we offer here

Competitive salary + annual bonus
Breakfast & lunch prepared by our team chef, with the occasional treat thrown in too!
Longevity bonuses, wellness incentive & company goal bonuses
Option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays
Free gym membership
Free private healthcare
A free parking space for those that drive to the office, or a short 5 minute walk from the station
23 holiday days a year, with the option to buy / sell / rollover 3

(Position Filled) Data Engineer - Watford - up to £65K