Director of Data Engineering

3 Days Old

At Octopus we’ve developed data platforms on cutting-edge technology to provide data services to our businesses around the world. The data platform enables self-service of data analytics to hundreds of data hungry users as well as automation of all our data workflows from simple ETL jobs to ML training and prediction. This supports work across the whole energy domain, from measuring performance of our green energy generation assets to processing billions of smart meter readings for innovative tariffs.
We are looking for an experienced head of data engineering to lead our strong team and evolve our data platform to the next level. The successful candidate will report into the Global Head of Data Science, a member of Octopus Energy Group senior leadership team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero with a company that is passionate about building great technology to change the way customers use energy.
Lead our central data platform and analytical tooling teams, helping our data engineers grow and do their best work
Stay connected to data engineers across the business and around the world, offering guidance and support to keep them moving in the right direction
Keep our data platform rock-solid and reliable, making sure it can handle the demands of a fast-scaling business
Keep a close eye on spending, ensuring we invest wisely in the platforms and tools that power analysis and data visualisation
Hands-on experience working with cutting-edge tools such as those in our data platform stack (as below)
Managed data platforms at large companies as well as building platforms from scratch at start-ups
Our data platform stack
~ We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services using the below technologies:

Python as our main programming language
Kubernetes for data services and task orchestration
Streamlit for data applications
Circle CI for continuous deployment
Parquet and Delta file formats on S3 for data lake storage
Spark for data processing
DBT for data modelling
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime