Senior Data Engineer

Job Description

Ecotricity, the UK's first true green energy provider, has a strong internal team supporting and developing solutions across multiple mission critical platforms including Databricks on AWS, SQL, Power BI and other cloud centric data solutions. This technical hands-on role, you will help contribute to our delivery of projects, BAU, and helping Ecotricity become more efficient by leveraging our data.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership for designing, building and maintaining data solutions.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders outside the department.
• Be responsible for data quality and ensuring problems are resolved swiftly.
• Identify and seek out technical debt, aiming to reduce this at each opportunity.
• Contribute to organisational awareness of technical best practice.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring that faults are resolved swiftly, and background processes are robust and actively monitored.
• Seek day to day opportunities to upskill and cross train with your peers.

About the team

The Ecotricity Technology department is a small friendly team with a strong focus on getting results, with everyone committed to delivering both individually and as part of the group/project.

We have a training programme in place to further advance your skills. Dedicated time for training is planned in our workloads. Training and certifications in Databricks are paid for by the company.

We're proud to be an ethical company, and this naturally attracts ethical people, making for a good safe working environment and a team that works and wins together. We also have a competitive benefits package and chose to invest in our people whenever we can.

About You

Are you a seasoned Data Engineer looking to step up into a more senior role where your technical expertise and passion for data can make a significant impact? We are seeking a driven and experienced professional to take ownership of delivering cutting-edge data engineering solutions.

In this role, you will be at the forefront of designing, implementing, and optimizing data solutions across various formats, with a strong emphasis on data modeling and ETL processes. Your engineering skills will be key, allowing you to tackle complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions that drive our business forward.

While experience in the Energy industry is a plus, it's your technical prowess and ability to create robust data solutions that will set you apart. This is your chance to take full ownership of technical solutions, shaping the future of our data infrastructure.

You will collaborate closely with project managers, product owners, and stakeholders, effectively communicating progress, presenting solutions, and delivering demos. Your ability to adapt your communication style to different audiences will be crucial in ensuring everyone is aligned and informed.

As this role offers the flexibility to work remotely, you will need to be self-motivated, delivery-focused, and capable of driving projects independently. We are committed to supporting your growth, but you should also be someone who constantly seeks out opportunities for improvement, striving for best practices and technical excellence.

If you are ready to lead and make a tangible difference in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply and take your career to the next level.

Knowledge and skills

• Experience as a Data Engineer
• Databricks / Apache Spark / Python
• BitBucket / GitHub

What's in it for you...

Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
Volunteering Day
Hybrid Working
Various company discounts (including shops, gyms, days out and events)
Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

As a valued member of the team, you will be supporting the Group Environmental Policy and its associated sustainability objectives and targets.

Flexibility statement

The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment.

Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity - the green kind.

Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain - by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.

We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills, sun parks and green gasmills in Britain. We call this turning 'bills into mills'. Some of our biggest achievements to date include building Britain's first megawatt windmill and the country's first grid-scale sun park, as well as building our first green gasmill, generating 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of grass.

We don't just focus on energy though- we built the Electric Highway, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points; we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world; and we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk, where they use the money from their customers' bills to protect and regenerate Britain's lost rainforests.

Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.