• Contract Type: Permanent - 37.5 hours per week
• Salary: £46,177.99
• Location: Oldbury B69 4DA
• Days of Work: Monday - Friday 

DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of over £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

DPD is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Engineer to join our AI and Innovation team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing data pipelines to support our ML and AI systems. You will work closely with the wider team to identify the data and ensure a reliable and accurate data landscape for their use. Your expertise in SQL, databases and software development will be instrumental in our success

Technology

DPD has embraced cloud computing, implementing solutions hosted in the Google Cloud Platform. The databases used are Cloud Spanner, Firestore, Cloud SQL and BigQuery. Some of our databases have Billions of rows of data and others receive thousands of updates per second. Our data pipelines are created using a number of technologies which include Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub topics and Javascript code. 

As a respected partner, we work closely with Google Engineers and Product Managers to directly influence the feature roadmap for Google Spanner, Google Big Query and other technologies.

Reporting to the Data Warehouse Manager we are looking for a Data Engineer to join and help curate, maintain and support the data pipeline requirements of the AI and Innovation team.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and data warehouses on GCP
  • Creating scripts/functions to extract, load and transform data
  • Formulate schedules and techniques to provide the right data at the right time for users
  • Scheduling of change so users are not affected
• Automate data engineering tasks
• Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and develop solutions
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines
• Stay up-to-date on new data engineering technologies and best practices
• Understand the business impact of issues, be able to coordinate and communicate workarounds or resolutions 

The successful candidate will need to:

• Have very strong SQL competency.
• Apply great attention to detail.
• Be organised and have solid time management skills, with the ability to work on multiple tasks at the same time and be able to thrive in a challenging and changing environment.
• Have a full understanding of data life cycles.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders and project managers when required.
• Exhibit strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Show excellent teamwork skills.
• Have a passion for continuous learning and staying updated with the latest advancements in data engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Strong experience with GCP.
• Experience with data warehousing and data lakes.
• Good experience with Javascript, and other programming languages.

DPD actively promotes its Dignity at Work Policy.

About our benefits:

Base Salary - £46,177.99

Alongside a competitive salary we recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package 
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends 
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities. 

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.