Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer 
 
Are you passionate about data, keeping a keen eye on new technologies to influence and drive business choices? 
 

Have you got strong analytical and problem-solving skills? 
 

If so, we have an opportunity here at EDF for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team! 
 
The Opportunity 
 
EDF is on a mission to help Britain Achieve Net Zero and we believe data plays a key role in helping EDF achieve its goal. We are excited to announce a further Senior Data Engineer opportunity to work within our Solutions & Automation team in Retail. As part of our data capabilities, you will play a role developing data solutions for the Retail business. 
 
Data Engineers will use their experience in developing data pipelines and data warehouse data stores to deliver data capability to the EDF business. Data, of high quality and appropriately governed is a must for data outcomes your role will support and thus you will deploy your knowledge and skills to create quality data assets and products. 
 
Simply put, the role is developing data solutions, whether that be onboarding data or transforming data into different normalisation patterns for the consumption of business users. 
 
Pay, benefits and culture 
 
Alongside a salary depending on experience and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.  
 
Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts and employee pricing. 
 
Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively.  
 
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  
 
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.  
 
We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.  
 
What you’ll be doing 
 
As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll be responsible for: 
 

• Comfortable in a self-organising environment whereby you’re constantly making decisions on how to approach data solutions with minimal guidance. 
• Understand the data vision set by the Product Owners, Technical Leads and Architects and ensure that you develop data functionality that aligns to the wider vision. 
• Understanding data architecture principles and how they apply to your own activity. 
• Developing code that is of a strong competency level, structured and optimised appropriately. 
• Recommended data modelling methodologies require adherence and you will understand multiple methodologies in the data platform well enough to ensure that data capability follows agreed modelling practices. 
• Promote and enforce the adoption of agile best practices, tools, and techniques within the product teams, ensuring adherence to Scrum framework principles. 
• Collaborate with product owners, development teams, and stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of product vision, priorities, and requirements. 
• Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement, both at the team level and across the organisation, through retrospectives, knowledge sharing, and agile coaching. 
• Be the guider of the fellow Data Engineers or business users seeking to use data capabilities, setting up regular training sessions to upskill colleagues. 

 
Who you are  
 
As A Senior Data Engineer, you will need to have demonstratable experience in a technical data role that has delivered complex data solutions.  
 
You’ll have a solid understanding of cloud data tooling, whether it be ETL/ETL tooling, or enterprise data platforms is essential in order for you to develop data functionality on the data platform. 
 
You will have a strong understanding of data engineering best practices and standards that you have developed into data functionality to be consumed by technical teams and users. Be passionate about continuously challenging the status quo and seeking solutions to make accessibility and useability of the data platform easier to people of all technical levels. 
 
Strong SQL skills are essential for you to build data pipelines and data stores. Python knowledge is advantageous. You’ll also be a strong communicator who can effectively convey complex concepts and influence stakeholders at all levels. You’ll be able to demonstrate experience in facilitating events and coaching teams in adopting new practices, with the ability to foster collaboration, lead by example, and promote a positive team culture. 
 
It’s imperative that you have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address conflicts and impediments to keep the team on track. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, where you’re adaptable to changing priorities and requirements. 
 
Closing date for applications: 18.02.2024
Location: Flexible

Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.