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Senior Data Engineer

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Manchester
1 year ago
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Manchester city centre (hybrid working)
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Please be aware Co-op does not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity

We’re open to applications from people who may require flexible working arrangements. There’ll be an opportunity to discuss your flexible working requirements during the interview process, and at offer stage.

As a Senior Data Engineer at Co-op, you’ll collaborate with the wider team and use coding languages such as Python and SQL to solve complex data problems and optimise outcomes across our Food Retail, Funeralcare, and Insurance business areas. If you can bring us the passion, curiosity, problem-solving, and coaching skills that we’re looking for, we can offer you the opportunity to build your career and provide data solutions that bring value to millions of our colleagues, customers, and member-owners.

What you’ll do

Design, build, and run enterprise data solutions within our data platform, building automation and quality into everything we do Hands-on development of data pipelines using technologies and programme languages such as PySpark and SQL Help to develop and implement our data architecture and engineering roadmap across our data teams Collaborate with partners across the wider Co-op to build an understanding of their data problems and design solutions that satisfy business needs Coach and mentor junior colleagues; supporting them in their development

This role would suit people who have

Significant experience working as a Data Engineer and delivering modern data architectures within a multi-disciplinary engineering team(s) Experience using coding languages such as Python and/or SQL Experience using Data Vault Modelling & Kimball Data Modelling Demonstrable experience coaching and mentoring junior data colleagues Good problem-solving skills, with a natural curiosity for emerging technologies and exploring how these could be used to solve modern business problems

We know that some candidates are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet all the criteria in the job description. At Co-op, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, so if you'd like to apply for this role but your experience doesn't quite meet every point, we'd still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or other roles we have available.

Why Co-op?

As a Co-op colleague, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

Private healthcare An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance) 28 days holiday plus bank holidays A pension with up to 10% employer contributions Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ) Coaching and training to support your career development Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it YuLife – an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

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