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Why we’re hiring:

As a Data Engineer in the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of scalable data solutions providing enterprise-scale data transformation across a broad range of projects.

Your role will focus on delivering solutions that utilize large-scale data ingestion, processing, storage/querying, streaming, and batch analytics. As part of a team, you will implement world-class solutions designed by our data architects. Your responsibilities will include estimating, designing, coding, testing, deploying, and ensuring scalability and performance on Azure using key technologies like Databricks.

As a hands-on technologist with an extensive data engineering background, you will be joining a group of Data Engineers who are passionate about building the best possible solutions for our business and endorse a culture of life-long learning and collaboration.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, build, test and maintain data pipelines (ELT), according to business and technical requirements.
• Implement secure platforms with data governance in mind.
• Play a key role in automation and building industry leading solutions against architectural best practices.
• Propose technical designs and develop integrations.
• Deliver data migrations between legacy & modern platforms
• Design & deliver data warehousing solutions and key data engineering workstreams for any required solution.
• Support cross-functional teams across the data space.

What you’ll need:

• Experience designing and building scalable distributed data pipelines and dimensional data models
• Experience in Python and SQL
• Experience using Databricks is a must.
• Extensive experience of Microsoft Azure data services – Data Factory, ADLS gen2, Event Hubs, Azure SQL, Azure Key Vault
• Ideally experience in DBT, Kafka, Delta Lake, PySpark, Pandas
• A demonstrable understanding of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Agile practices, unit & integration tests and development practices using Azure DevOps.
• Fluency in English.
• Exposure to Data Science & ML technologies is a plus.

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Who you are:

You’re open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You’re optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You’re extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we’ll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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