Principal Data Engineer, Auctane
£80-97k
Salary is applicable to candidates in the UK. For Spain: Up to 80,500 EUR
More information about location
Shipping & fullfilment software
Job no longer available
Shipping & fullfilment software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£80-97k
Salary is applicable to candidates in the UK. For Spain: Up to 80,500 EUR
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help merchants move their ideas, dreams, and innovations around the globe.
Role
Who you are
- A strong Data Engineering background
- Experience developing and supporting robust, automated and reliable data pipelines in Python and SQL
- Experience with data processing frameworks like Athena (Trino), Spark and tools like Pandas or DBT
- Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud)
- Experience with streaming data processing
- Continuous integration/delivery environment experience with a passion for automation
- Knowledge of a Data Orchestration solution like Airflow, Oozie, Luigi or Prefect
- Knowledge of both relational and non-relational database design
- Knowledge of how to design distributed systems and the trade-offs involved
- Experience working with software engineering best practices for development, including source control systems, automated deployment pipelines like Jenkins and DevOps tools like Terraform
- Comfortable working within a geographically distributed team
Desirable
- Production experience working with very large datasets
- Experience with AWS and big data cloud technologies like EMR, Athena (Trino), Glue, Big Query, Dataproc, Dataflow
- Direct experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Knowledge and direct experience of using business intelligence and analytics tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc.)
- Practical understanding of PII related issues and other considerations regarding data security MLOps know-how
- A desire to constantly challenge the norm Proven track record of promoting and maintaining high engineering standards
- Fast learner with a keen interest in evaluating and adopting new technologies: Apache Iceberg, Dagster, DBT, GreatExpectations, Prefect, Snowflake, etc
- Willing to attend conferences, webinars and meet-ups and share the learning
What the job involves
- Contribute to the design, build and operational management of our data pipelines and analytics solution on top of proven AWS data technologies like S3, Athena, Lambda, Kinesis and ECS
- Motivate and grow the team to develop their skills and increase their ownership and impact
- Collaborate with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to implement the Data Products strategy
- Develop frameworks and solutions that enable us to acquire, process, monitor and extract value from our massive dataset
- Drive the design and architecture of Auctane’s data product
- Contribute directly to the implementation and operations of our systems
- Support the Data Analysts and Data Scientists with automation, tooling, data pipelines and data engineering expertise, enabling them to build rich and complex analytical features and machine learning solutions for our data products
- Be an advocate of data quality and observability principles and use state-of-the-art technologies like Airflow, dbt and Spark to process data and get our datasets just right
- Define the roadmap of the team based on the input from the Product Owner, other leads and stakeholders
- Foster engineering excellence by delivering highly reliable software and data pipelines using Software Engineering best practices like automation, version control, continuous integration/continuous delivery, testing, security, etc
- Define, implement and enforce automated data security and data governance best practices within the solutions designed
- Mentor more junior colleagues and coach the team on coding and data engineering best practices and patterns
Application process
- 1. Recruiter - video interview
- 2. Hiring Manager - video interview
- 3. Take-home assessment
- 4. Technical discussion - video interview
- 5. Director, Data - video interview
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Auctane delivers a range of shipping and fulfilment solutions, operating a number of brands including Stamps.com, Packlink, ShipEngine, ShippingEasy, Endicia, ShipWorks and GlobalPost.
Its solutions span a range of requirements and can be used to manage eCommerce orders, scale retail operations or simplify office mailing. Its toolbox essentially covers "every aspect of sending and receiving" - and the company also builds custom solutions.
With a well-established presence in the sector, Auctane has used its over 25 years of experience to target what the modern shipper and shopper need. For example, its latest acquisition of ReturnRabbit saw the company expand into returns, a lucrative and growing segment of the space.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Company benefits
- Performance bonuses
- Employee referral program
- Charitable donation matching
- Flexible and accrued paid time off
- Unlimited snacks and drinks
- Flexible work environment
- Volunteer days
- Medical insurance
- Wellness program (including potential benefit discounts)
Company values
- The customer is our mission. Our company was built in service of our customers. Every time we answer the phone, write a line of code, hire a new team member, form a partnership, or build a new interface it is explicitly because we believe that action will improve the life of our customers.
- We work with the best people. We will only work with people who are enthusiastic about their work, respectful of diverse ideas and backgrounds, and who possess the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- We only play offense. We’re on a mission to reach and help every mailer, shipper and merchant on the planet. Because of this we move with urgency, take risks, and are determined to ship solutions quickly.
- We expect exceptional outcomes. We are a rapidly growing company with intent. We expect to continue to deliver market transforming solutions for our customers and challenging growth opportunities for our employees.
- We are direct and authentic. We have a genuine empathy for our employees, partners, and customers. We serve that empathy by treating everyone the way we would like to be treated - openly, ethically, and honestly. We set expectations clearly and hold ourselves accountable to what we commit.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
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Founders
Albert Ko
(CEO, not founder)Board Member at LPL Financial and Elation Health. Former CEO at Early Warning. Prior to this, spent 13 years at Intuit, beginning as Head of Product Management and ultimately working as Chief Transformation Officer.
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