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About the Role
We are building an AI-first data team and are looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to own and evolve our modern, well-architected data platform. This role offers full ownership from day one, allowing you to shape the future direction of our data infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Own the Snowflake warehouse and the dbt project, including raw, transformation, and warehouse layers with extensive data tests and model contracts.
- Manage daily data ingestion from approximately 25 sources using dlt and Dagster, including assets, schedules, sensors, and freshness checks.
- Oversee AWS infrastructure managed by CDK, including Step Functions, Lambda, S3, Athena, and Iceberg, with integrated lineage and monitoring.
- Lead observability efforts in Datadog, defining dashboards, monitors, and cost visibility, and implementing proactive alerting.
- Ensure system health by confidently addressing and preventing recurring issues.
- Utilize AI tools in daily work and contribute to shaping the operational model of an AI-first data team.
Requirements
- Strong SQL and production experience with a cloud data warehouse, preferably Snowflake.
- Solid dbt experience, including incremental models, tests, macros, and project structuring.
- Consistent data instrumentation and collection for web tracking, with hands-on Segment experience.
- Confident Python skills for writing ingestion, orchestration, and service code.
- Experience with a modern orchestrator (e.g., Dagster, Airflow, Prefect) including operational aspects.
- Infrastructure-as-code experience (AWS with CDK or Terraform preferred) for deploying and debugging infrastructure.
- Ability to work independently in a remote team, demonstrating organization, self-motivation, and prioritization skills.
- Comfortable working natively with AI tools and integrating them into workflows.
- Strong multi-tasking and project management skills to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
Skills
- SQL
- Snowflake
- dbt
- Python
- Dagster
- AWS
- CDK
- Datadog
- Segment
- dlt
- AI tools
- Infrastructure-as-code
- TypeScript
- Hex
- Metabase
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Fully remote
- 40 hours p/w for full-time roles
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- £85,000 – £95,000
Benefits
- 38 days holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays)
- Competitive compensation aligned with UK market benchmarks
- Flexible hours setup
- Company-wide, adventurous meet-ups
- Free trip within the first year
- £500 annual travel voucher
- 30% employee discount
- 15% friends and family discount
- Up to 8% matched contribution pension scheme (UK employees only)
- Fully comprehensive AXA private healthcare scheme (UK employees only)
- Life Assurance (UK employees only)
- Continuous professional development
- Budget to set up a remote working space
- Access to co-working spaces
- Supportive maternity and paternity pay
About the Company
- Much Better Adventures books small-group adventure holidays run by local, independent guides in wild places.
- Certified B Corp on a mission to get more people into the world's wildest places, support local businesses, and promote adventure travel as a force for good.
- A community and VC-backed scale-up in the travel sector.
- A remote-first team with annual company meet-ups.
Equal Opportunity
- An equal opportunities employer strongly encouraging applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and industries.
- Flexible working arrangements designed to support work/life balance for all team members.