Senior Data Engineer
Cox Automotive has won two awards recognising the company for being a great employer. We've been named the 4th best company to work for in the automotive industry and 18th overall in the UK
Hybrid UK
Career Level - T4
Mon - Fri (37.5hrs a week)
Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive service organisation, providing solutions to our clients at every stage of the vehicle lifecycle. Through our unique insight, based on data spanning the wholesale, retail and consumer sectors, we help dealers, manufacturers, fleet and leasing companies to boost the value of their assets from cradle to grave, improving performance and profitability at every stage.
As a family business we appreciate the value of great people working brilliantly together, so we’ve always focused on achieving it. It means our teams and partners are the brightest minds in this sector, delivering the best innovations using a powerful mix of knowledge, ingenuity and close collaboration. The results speak for themselves: many thousands of satisfied clients, a string of the industry’s most popular solutions, and even an award or two!
Senior Data Engineer
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our small (but mighty) Data Development team. As a team we are responsible for the technical development and management of our data and analytics platforms, applications, data models, and data assets. Together with our colleagues in Data Science and Business Intelligence, we make up Data Services, whose collective mission is to enable smarter decisions, faster.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented Data Engineer looking to step up and take on significant responsibility, from leading data engineering projects to helping shape the future of our data platform. This is more than just building data pipelines – ultimately our goal is to maximise the potential of our Data Science and Business Intelligence teams, so we need to be one step ahead, innovate, and provide them with tools before they know they need them. [FJ(MSG1]
We are currently beginning the process of re-engineering our data platform to use a fully Databricks native architecture, using tools like Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, and multistage pipelines to simplify and modernise our estate further. This role will have the freedom to drive this transition forward and put a stamp on how we ingest, process and store data for years to come.
About our platform and tools 🛠️:
- 100% PaaS architecture in Azure
- Azure Databricks platform, with data stored in Azure Data Lake Storage
- Scala-Spark data pipelines, moving towards Delta Live Tables in Databricks
- Several open-source Spark libraries released to the Spark community
- Constantly reviewing our tools and architecture as technology evolves
What you’ll do 🐱💻:
- Lead project delivery, including solution design, development, testing and maintenance
- Identify improvement opportunities in our platform/tools and see them through to completion
- Contribute and manage contributions to our open-source projects: have a look at https://github.com/CoxAutomotiveDataSolutions
- Be the technology SME and consult with the Data Science, Business Intelligence and wider Software Engineering teams on how to maximise the performance of their applications
- Explore and prototype the latest technical innovation within Big Data, constantly shaping Data Solutions' platform to keep pace with the industry
About you 🐸:
We are looking for someone with:
- Technical experience working in Big Data
- Experience developing and delivering data projects using Apache Spark
- Strong Apache Spark skills, as well as experience with Hive and other Big Data tooling
- Strong programming skills in one or more of Python, Java, or Scala
- Strong focus on writing maintainable software (TDD, abstraction of common behaviour, code reviews)
- Able to effectively interact and communicate both verbally and written when working with business and technical teams
It would also be good if you had or are interested in (but don’t worry if you’ve got none of these, or only some of them):
- A desire to work with both Scala and Python
- Experience mentoring junior employees
- Knowledge of Databricks for production use cases
- Experience with functional programming techniques and approaches
- Knowledge of Azure Data Factory
- Experience building and maintaining infrastructure in Azure (although any public cloud knowledge would be useful)
- Devops knowledge, potentially with infrastructure as code experience (Terraform or Pulumi)
- Experience deploying machine learning models
- Knowledge of other programming languages in the data and Azure world: C# (.net core), Python, R, TypeScript/JavaScript
- Experience building, deploying and maintaining serverless applications (we’re experimenting with Azure functions)
Benefits:
- Flexible Working Hours
- Flexible Holiday
- Vehicle Discount
- 25 Days Annual Leave Plus Bank Holidays
- Casual Dress Environment
- Best Kit for the Job
- Pension Scheme
- Life Insurance
- Bonus Scheme
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies and we're not looking to add to our PSL.
We do not accept unsolicited agency CV's sent to the recruitment team or directly to the hiring manager. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CV's.
- Our team
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- Locations
- Hybrid UK
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Hybrid UK
Perks & Benefits
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As a Cox Automotive UK team member, you can enjoy access to a huge range of benefits and discounts. Here are just a sample of what we offer and what you might enjoy during your career at Cox Automotive. Lifestyle Benefits • Flexible working • Working from home • Volunteering days • Career breaks • Holiday purchase scheme • Cyclescheme • Company cars / car allowance Parental Benefits • Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave Health and wellbeing • Private Health Cover • Access to a wealth of exceptional health and wellbeing tools and resources • Flu vaccinations offering Education & Training • Professional study / training sponsorship • Cox Automotive Bitesize – e-learning resources • Internal mentoring scheme • “Licence to Lead” modular programme Planning for your future • Group personal pension plan • Life assurance cover • Competitive salary • Bonus plans Team member resources • Employee Assistance Programme • Trained Mental Health First Aiders • European Culture and Engagement Team Team member Discounts • Auction discounts • Mobile phone discounts • Access to fantastic discounts from over 900 retailers
Our Culture
What drives us? It’s the belief that every person in every role is an important and vital part of the Cox Automotive family. We offer tons of opportunities for growth. We encourage our team members to be rock stars. We aim for epic success. We are leading the way in developing cutting-edge, industry-changing solutions and technology. And we are always looking for great minds and great spirits to join us.
We know that great people can achieve amazing things when they work together, and for us, how we do things is just as important as what we do.
It is our guiding principles that direct us to be our best: Do the right thing, always. Lead by example. Bring out the best in everyone. Have fun and make today count. And do it all in the spirit of Cox. These principles steer us in the right direction as we strive to empower people today to build a better future for the next generation
Find out more about the culture and values at Cox Automotive UK
About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive is part of Cox Enterprises which is a family-run operation. Nearly 120 years ago, James M.Cox purchased the Drayton Daily News, beginning a legacy that continues today with the third and fourth generations of James' family at the helm.
Cox Automotive is a world leading provider of retail and wholesale solutions for our customers at every stage of the vehicle lifecycle all across the globe. We work with dealers, manufacturers, fleet and leasing companies to measurably grow their profitability and asset value.
Today, we employ over 37,000 people in more than 200 locations worldwide, helping 40,000 dealers run smarter and measurably more profitable operations.
Senior Data Engineer
Cox Automotive has won two awards recognising the company for being a great employer. We've been named the 4th best company to work for in the automotive industry and 18th overall in the UK
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