Data Engineer

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, C Programming, SQL, Cloud computing, Scala Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, MATLAB Programming, PyTorch, TensorFlow, R Programming

Job Description

Data & Analytics Engineering Manager, based at Holiday House in Leeds City Centre.

Reporting to the Head of Data Engineering & Analytics, and you will be responsible for manging several multi-disciplinary data delivery teams aligned to one of our 3 key value streams (Customer marketing, bookings and Finance & regulatory) . Our priority is the delivery of high-quality, well-modelled, clean, and trustworthy data assets for use across the business. Our data teams also work hard to support all our data assets and ensure the business realise maximum benefit and return on investment from them.

What will you do in the role?

As an Engineering Manager in our Data teams, you’ll lead across 4 key areas.

• Data Delivery – You’ll be responsible for the delivery performance of your teams and ensure key delivery metrics are closely monitored and allow you to best provide support where needed. You’ll look for continuous improvement in our data delivery process and take an active role in larger more complex data initiatives from design through to deployment.
• Data Culture – you’ll drive a data-first culture both within the data team and across the business by supporting continual learning and development across your teams and the wider business.
• Data Architecture & Solution Design – You’ll support optimisation of our data architecture working closely with other data managers ensure we have a good understanding of emerginh trends in data landscapes, technology solutions and consider them as part of our longer-term data strategy.
• Team Leadership - You will manage several multi-disciplinary data delivery teams consisting of Data & Analytics Engineers and Test Engineers with Data Scientists and Data Visualisation specialists embedded as required. The data teams are expanding rapidly, and you will play a key role in recruitment across your teams and support the ongoing learning and development of your team members.

What are the key skills / experience you’ll already have?

In order to succeed in the role we’re looking for someone who can disapply the following:

• Communication and management – strong communication skills will be needed to influence teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation from Engineers to C-level. The role manages several multi-disciplinary teams, so you’ll be experienced in setting direction and communicating priorities clearly.
• Technical Ability – Strong proficiency need in writing and understanding SQL queries across multiple platforms as well as strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP (GCP is preferred). Desirable but not essential expertise in the following:
  • Data Warehousing – Snowflake (preferred), Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift or Azure Synapse
  • Data pipeline – experience of data platforms, flat files, API’s and event-driven data feeds.
  • CI/CD & Automation - We rely heavily on Infrastructure as Code for cloud infrastructure deployment so any experience with technology such as Terraform would be beneficial in this respect.
  • Data Visualisation - Although we have dedicated data visualisation specialists within the team, any knowledge of, or experience with, data visualisation platforms such as Tableau (preferred), Power BI, Looker or Quicksight would be beneficial.

What can we offer you?

We have been recognised as one of the Top 50 Best Places to Work in the UK on Glassdoor and offer our valued colleagues a range of benefits including: -

• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• 26 days holiday entitlement per annum (plus bank holidays)
• 3 x salary life assurance
• Generous Discretionary Profit Share Scheme
• Colleague discounts on Jet2holidays and Jet2.com holidays and flights
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Annual pay review
• Many retail discounts on – travel and leisure, health, and wellbeing, eating out, shopping and lifestyle

We offer an excellent remuneration package with fantastic opportunities for progression in a growing business.

This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting, forward-thinking business. We operate scheduled leisure flights to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands and to European Leisure Cities from our 10 UK bases.

Help us to send our all-important customers on holiday with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays!!