Senior data analytics engineer
Posted 2 days 9 hours ago by Seccl
This is a hybrid position with one of our offices in London, Bath or Edinbrough.
About us
Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that's on a mission to helping more people to invest - and invest well.
We're B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.
We're also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money.
Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments.
The role
We're looking for Senior data analytics engineer to join our data team. You will play a key role in expanding and improving our data warehouse and BI capabilities. You will work closely with key stakeholders to shape and deliver key features for our clients. You will help drive improvements in the team by suggesting improvements to existing processes, new technologies and ways of working.
On a typical day you will be
Working in an agile t-shaped data team and with colleagues across all other teams
Building and implementing a range of developments across areas including our pipelines, data warehouse and BI tool
Hands-on in terms of development, testing, debugging, deployment and support
Involved with specification and documentation
Develop and promote appropriate processes and best practice
Provide expertise on promoting best use of data and our tools throughout the company.
Help develop and promote appropriate processes and best practice, always looking for better ways of working to drive scalability.
You'll be successful if you
Experienced designing data modelling and data analytics
Are experienced with data, BI or analytics engineering practices
Are experienced in designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines using streaming or CDC events.
Have expert knowledge of SQL
Have hands on experience working in the AWS technology stack
Excited about working in a rapidly growing fintech that will throw you in at the deep end, and where your learning curve will be steep
Able to understand business requirements and turn this into efficient, scalable solutions, with a desire to learn our business domain
Experienced in troubleshooting and problem-solving
A strong communicator with the ability to express new ideas and solutions to both technical and non-technical audience
Organised and a strong team player
A quick learner, able to pick up new skills and technologies easily and enjoys working on complex issues
Experienced in wealth management - beneficial
Experience with Redshift, dbt, python and Google Looker - beneficial
This role isn't for you if
You rely on a lot of top-down direction. Here, you'll have a lot of freedom and ownership of your role, and you'll be expected to shape your own progression
You're not comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Our speed and scalability are what set us apart; you need to be able to act quickly and think on your feet
You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value people who do what they say they will. If you care about something, you have the freedom here to make it happen
You don't like change. You'll get on great here if you relish the ambiguity of rapid growth and are willing to embrace uncertainty
What's in it for you
We offer a generous mix of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including:
A salary between £75 000 and £90 000 - dependant on experience + reviewed annually
27 days holiday + bank holidays (some can be flexible) + day off on your birthday + three days (full time) per year for Dependant leave
Two volunteering days per year
Length of service award - one month paid sabbatical at eight years
6% employer pension contribution, and life assurance
Private medical insurance with AXA Health
Enhanced Parental leave
MacBook and up to £500 home office set up budget
£750 per person learning budget
Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year
Health and wellbeing initiatives including free therapy via Wellness Cloud, mental health support via Headspace
Strong financial wellbeing focus including access to Octopus Money , Octopus Share Incentive Plan, will writing offering via Octopus Legacy and Seccl invest (our own platform for you to manage your investments)
Perkbox - Flexi-points giving you a range of discounts and perks including free weekly coffee, gym and retail discounts.
Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing
Our culture
We're proud to put people first, creating a culture where we truly listen to what matters most to them. Our transparent and inclusive environment encourages diversity of thought, challenge and experimentation.
Check out our Glassdoor page for the latest reviews or our LinkedIn for company updates and insights from the team.
Interview process
Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this, (following an initial chat with one of our Talent team):
First stage - 45 mins competencies-based interview with the hiring manager
Second stage - one-hour technical interview or assessment
Final stage - 45 mins bar-raiser culture-based interview
We'll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don't miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying.
Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive company of awesome people, with unique skills, passions and experiences. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.
If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We'd love to hear from you!