Technical Lead - Data Engineering

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Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Senior Data Engineer or Technical Lead.
• Knowledge of data modelling and schema design with a focus on efficiency, accuracy and scalability.
• Experience with SQL, Python, data infrastructure, SQL ETL/ELT knowledge, experience with DAGs using tools like dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, Terraform.
• Preferred experience in Ruby, data visualisation tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau, Power BI), Amplitude, DevOps, Circle CI/CD, AWS.
• Experience guiding and mentoring distributed teams of Engineers to success, working cross-functionally with Product Managers, Stakeholders, and other Developers.
• A desire to learn continuously, share your knowledge, communicate effectively and build a product in close collaboration with others.
• Experience delivering work that has measurable impact and value to stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• You will be the Technical Lead within the Data Engineering squad, working simultaneously with the Principal Engineer, Product Manager and Engineering Manager whilst partnering closely with our Analytics & Data Science team.
• You will help to shape the technical strategy for our approach to building data products and the future of Data Engineering at carwow by providing knowledge and expertise.
• Lead the Data Engineering team in scoping how new features can be built and how Stakeholder needs can be met while making pragmatic technical trade-offs.
• Develop and enhance our data architecture and pipelines to enable us to deliver versus our business goals.
• Collaborate with, and mentor your team by reviewing code, monitoring and guiding your team's software in production.
• Define a roadmap of initiatives to both improve our current infrastructure and assist other teams in creating new data products.
• Contribute to a diverse Engineering culture based on customer-centricity, high-quality code, data-driven outcomes, technical innovation and business impact.