Data Engineer – Energy Tech

Job title:

Data Engineer – Energy Tech

Company

OVO Energy

Job description

Role OVO-ViewTeam: Energy Tech
Salary banding: £64,000 – £80,000
Experience: Expert
Working pattern: Full-Time
Reporting to: Mark Shearman (Software Engineering Manager)
Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
This role in 3 words: Cloud, Pipelines, Warehousing
Top 3 qualities for this role: Organisation, Focus, LeadershipWhere you’ll work:At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You’ll also have the flexibility to work from home.Everyone belongs at OVOAt OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity’s biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That’s why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.Teamworking for the planetEverything we do here spins around So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen.We’re hiring world-changers. From Zero Carbon Living Advisors to Product Managers, every role we’re hiring plays their own part in our mission; our role is to find those people and bring them on our Zero Carbon journey.This role in a nutshell:In order to get energy into our customers’ homes, OVO has to buy the energy first on the wholesale market. This is a mammoth but precise effort, with more than £1bn-worth of commodity on our books at any one time.Our energy traders make knife-edge decisions every day which affect the viability of our business, so they need the right data at their fingertips to make the right decisions.You will lead a team of Data Engineers in the Energy Trading Team with responsibility for building, maintaining, migrating or decommissioning a variety of ETL pipelines and establishing a Data Warehouse that give our traders the insight they need to keep OVO moving.Your key outcomes will be:

  • Working with key stakeholders to understand their data needs and deliver solutions that provide them with excellent quality data that allows them to realise their objectives.
  • Using your domain expertise to design data models within the Data Warehouse that represent key entities within the energy domain
  • Transforming and cleansing source data using batch ETL pipelines into a curated model that facilitates ease of use by customers of the Data Warehouse.
  • Automating the ingestion of data from various sources including BigQuery, APIs, FTP, various source files and Kafka.
  • Driving software development, security and infrastructure best practises within the team that facilitate the delivery of high quality, stable solutions.
  • Providing day-to-day support to data users by responding to urgent requests and fixing bugs.

Within your first 9 months month you’ll:

  • Have made a huge contribution to migrating data from in-house SQL Server to GCP
  • Have established a strong data engineering team within Energy Tech
  • Have our important, ongoing data pipelines moved to a standard pattern
  • Be trusted with modelling and providing data for a variety of analysts, scientists and traders

You’ll be a successful Data Engineer at OVO if you have…

  • Have a proven track record of designing, building, testing, monitoring and managing large-scale data products, pipelines, tooling and platforms.
  • Strong experience in SQL.
  • A thorough understanding of at least one programming language (Python preferred).
  • 2+ years working with cloud-based data solutions (preferably utilising GCP).
  • A detailed understanding of data engineering principles and frameworks with a proven ability to evaluate various options with respect to data modelling, data pipelines, warehousing and storage layers.
  • Strong attention to detail and a relentless focus on software quality, including rigorous testing and good observability to ensure your software does what it says on the tin.
  • You will be comfortable working in an agile software development environment with regular release cycles, and have experience of pair programming, CI/CD and deployment strategies.
  • Experience of an of the following would be beneficial:
  • Working on streaming ETL solutions utilising streaming data processing tools;
  • Exposure to infrastructure as code processes and tools;
  • Experience of data lineage tools and frameworks.
  • Completion of an on-premise to cloud migration programme of some asset, such as a database or compute workload.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for youWe’ll pay you between £64,000 and £80,000, depending on your specific skills and experience.We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and moreFor your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home
For your home Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan , plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loansWant to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.For your BelongingTo find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people – so when you join OVO, you can play a part – big or small – with any of the Networks. It’s up to you.Oh, and one last thing…We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..

Expected salary

£64000 – 80000 per year

Location

Bristol Area

Job date

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 05:22:23 GMT

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