Data Engineer

Data Engineer (up to £50,000)

Immediate is the special interest content and platform company. Our fast-growing, multi-platform media business is home to more than 1,000 people across several business units, based in London, Bristol, Nottingham, and Manchester. We focus on special interest markets, engaging with more than 75 million people globally each month, through world-class content, innovative new digital products and services and live events. Immediate Media was voted the UK’s Best Media Company to work for and 4th across all UK companies by Glassdoor in 2022.

About the role

As a Data Engineer, you will work across our digital publishing platform which serves over 60 million users per month. You'll be working with our highly skilled Data Engineering team to architect a solution capable of scaling to the vast amounts of data we consume. You'll also work closely with our Delivery Manager, stakeholders, and analysts to understand and deliver critical business requirements.

You'll have an in-depth understanding of the basics along with an enthusiasm for learning and developing your skills further.

As a Data Engineer you will;

• Immerse yourself in our technical ecosystem, current and legacy
• Develop, enhance, and maintain quality of data and our ETL processes
• Ingest data from various disparate data sources
• Follow our standards, best practices and guidelines and be proactive in improving them
• Collaborate with other team members and the Delivery Manager to progress our Data strategy
• Keep up to date with industry and technical developments
• Participate in planning meetings and stand-ups
• Foster good working relationships with a diverse group of colleagues and stakeholders

Requirements

• Advanced SQL skills
• Understanding of Data Modelling
• Experience with Azure or other cloud services
• Blob Storage\Data Lake
• Experience with software/coding languages such as Python, C#
• Knowledge and understanding of visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI etc.)
• Problem solving skills and capable of articulating technical or functional problems
• Inquisitive approach to tasks and willingness to learn
• Databricks

Benefits

• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
  
• Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
• Tailored training and development through our Love Learning platform
• A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression
• Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
• Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
• A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces

We pride ourselves on our open, collaborative, and dynamic culture. This encourages our people to thrive, and give their best whilst being supported, developed, and nurtured. As we care about our people, our environment, and the impact we make, we have an active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programmes, and clear sustainability strategies.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of all our values and leadership behaviours to ensure Immediate remains a place where everyone feels included and empowered;

We care

We succeed together

We enjoy the ride

We are bold

We never settle

We get on with it

People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is extremely important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We’ll never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We’re also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.