About the Role
We are looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our global team. You will be a key contributor responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the data pipelines and infrastructure that are the foundation of our analytics products, providing value to our clients. You will execute the technical roadmap, transforming complex business requirements into high-quality, reliable data assets.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines and infrastructure using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services like BigQuery and Cloud Storage, and Snowflake.
- Develop, test, and deploy data transformation logic using SQL and DBT to create clean, reliable, and performant data models.
- Collaborate with analytics, product, and engineering teams to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Implement and uphold data quality and governance processes to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of our datasets.
- Contribute to the execution of the data engineering roadmap by delivering on key initiatives and projects.
- Develop and maintain monitoring for data pipeline performance, identifying and resolving issues to ensure data availability and freshness.
- Optimize data pipelines and queries for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Support data consumers by exposing data through APIs and supporting integrations with analytics and visualization tools like Power BI.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for data pipelines, models, and processes.
- Contribute to a collaborative team environment, participating in code reviews and sharing expertise.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Data Engineer, with a track record of building and maintaining production-level data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with data manipulation languages for complex data transformation and analysis.
- Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including services like BigQuery and Cloud Storage.
- Experience with DBT for building modular, scalable, and testable data models, or equivalent.
- Strong understanding of data modelling concepts, data warehousing principles, and data integration techniques.
- Proficiency with a programming language such as Python for scripting and data pipeline development.
- Digital advertising familiarity: An understanding of campaign data from platforms like Google Ads, Facebook Ads, or DSPs is a strong plus.
- Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent collaboration skills: Ability to communicate effectively and work well in a team-oriented environment with various technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment.
- Experience supporting data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) is desirable.
- Requires individuals to have the right to work in the UK.
Skills
- SQL
- DBT
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- BigQuery
- Cloud Storage
- Snowflake
- Python
- Power BI
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Competitive medical insurance
- Group retirement plans
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Significant paid time off
- Preferential partner discounts
- Employee mental health awareness days
About the Company
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, helping clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.
- WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalization at scale.
- WPP Media employees can leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue passions, build professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising.
- WPP Media fosters an open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress.
- This inclusive culture is fostered through employee resource groups and frequent in-office events.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics.
- We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment.
