Flexa
Mars UK • United Kingdom

Senior Data Engineer

Employment type:  Full time

1–2 days/week at home

Core hours 11–3

Dog friendly

Job Description

Job Description:

What are we looking for?

  • Background within a Big Data Azure and/or AWS environment is preferred
  • General knowledge of Data Management, Data Governance, and/or Enterprise Information Management
  • Possess the ability to bring together divergent data sets that meet the requirements of the Data Science and Data Analytics teams
  • Proficiency with data modelling, query techniques and complexity analysis
  • Experience with cloud, container and micro service infrastructures
  • Technical expertise with emerging Big Data technologies, such as: Python, Scala, Spark, Hadoop, Clojure, Git, Flink, Elasticsearch, SQL, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and DNB (databricks); visualization tools: Tableau and PowerBI
  • A good understanding of and adherence to data security standards

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Leading the effort to develop well-designed modular code that’s usable and easily maintained
    Taking ownership of establishing proprietary internal libraries of shareable functions to establish a standardization for engineering work
    Engineering data-centric solutions from scratch through the incorporation of ongoing emerging technologies
    Taking ownership of an untamed data lake and turning into highly functional, pristine data sources
    Supporting the big data strategies of your stakeholders through self-service analytics, real-time decision engines and AI/ML advances

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave

The FlexScore® is the result of a rigorous 2-step verification of a company’s flexibility

First we assess the flexibility options Mars UK provides and then we anonymously survey a statistically significant proportion of their employees to make sure Mars UK is as flexible as they say they are. Our assessment is based on the six key elements of flexibility: location, hours, autonomy, benefits, role modelling and work-life balance.

We ask the hard questions so you don’t have to.

Working at Mars UK

Company employees

4000 In the UK

Gender diversity (male:female)

57:43

Office locations

London, Slough, Waltham, Castle Cary, Birstall, Plymouth

Hiring Countries

United Kingdom
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