Data Engineer

Pushing boundaries for a sustainable future

Can clean-energy tech change the world? We say yes. Here’s why. The way we heat our homes today is responsible for 15% of all of Europe’s CO2 emissions. Switching to sustainable, clean energy solutions is the easiest and most impactful way households can play their part in net zero.

We are a next-generation home energy champion. We passionately believe that creating smart, sustainable homes is our way to make a positive impact in the world. Clean-energy tech is purposeful work. Urgent work. We’d love you to do it with us.

About the role  
We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our brand-new central data engineering and data platform team. We are looking for somebody who can build shared data infrastructure elements and data pipeline pattern modules from the ground up, wrapping them with CI/CD, IaC, and similar practices, as well as developing and incubating specific data products and pipelines.

You and your team are responsible for the capabilities and pipelines to keep our data organized, accessible, and served in an easily analysed format.

Your work will be key to optimizing the reliability and performance of our organization and the different teams. You will be a core member in building and maintaining our data mesh or lake, drive change in our development processes, engineer solutions to enhance features and be a part of our data architecture to propel solutions to further levels.

Your other responsibilities include:  

- Contribute to shaping our common, purpose-built data landscape, from early phases to global scale, including cloud infrastructure, data pipeline modules, schema management, data transformation, and the CI/CD, testing/deployment pipelines, and IaC necessary.
- Develop end-to-end data pipelines to ingest, transform and serve data assets
- Collaborate with software product development teams to enable their autonomy in serving and consuming data in the landscape
- Introduce practices and tools to improve data reliability and performance
- Provide crucial data to adjust future business strategies
- Provide enriched data and analytics capabilities to enable discussions and motivate decisions
- Enable data- and AI-driven software, insights, and informed decisions by serving data assets in an interoperable, agile, and modern fashion

Who are you  
From a technical perspective, we would like you to have experience with:  

- Data engineering and building pipelines from the ground up

- DevOps, CI/CD, IaC
- Deployment pipelines, branching, and versioning practices
- Understanding and analysing Big Data Architecture
- Creating ELT/ETL pipelines ingesting and transforming data
- Creating data analysis tools and validation methods
- Building, testing, and maintaining database and pipeline architectures
- Experience with Python, SQL, and Terraform (experience with Go, Spark, and streaming data is an advantage)
- Experience with CICD and deployment pipeline principles
- Experience with data/analytics/ML in any major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)

As a person, we would like you to be:   

- Adaptable and hands-on, while taking into account/having an interest in the holistic perspective 
- A quick learner with a willingness to share knowledge 
- A strong communicator and team player

What’s in it for you
- Competitive salary
- Rewarding secondary benefits
- The chance to build a global company and transformative products
- Fast-moving growth journey making a positive impact on the world
- Supportive and inclusive culture alive with learning opportunities.

At Aira, We’re not just champions of next-generation energy, we’re champions in Diversity and Inclusion too. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks innovation and creativity and enables us to better serve our customers and communities. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to join our team. We will never accept any form of discrimination and believe that together, we can drive a new era for our people and planet.

Ready to find true purpose in your work?
Send me your application today. Any questions? I’m here to help. You’ll find my contact details below.