Job Description

Data Engineer

At Ocado Group Toronto, Ontario, Canada Who We Are Ocado is a UK based company admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker OCDO). It comprises one of the world\'s largest dedicated online grocery retailers, operating its own grocery and general merchandise retail businesses under Ocado.com and other specialist shop banners, together with its Ocado Solutions division. Ocado Technology is powering the future of online retail through disruptive innovation. Join us to create world-class systems at the intersection of robotics and IoT, cloud platforms, big data, machine learning, software development, and beyond. Our unique, proprietary and industry-leading technology is set to transform the shopping experience of consumers around the world. We have partnered with Kroger to help it redefine the grocery customer experience in the United States through the adoption of the centralized, automated model of online retailing provided by the Ocado Smart Platform. Come join us as we build our North American team, bringing world-class innovation and technologies to one of the most exciting global markets for e-commerce.
What You Will Do
The Data Engineer\xe2\x80\x99s role is to design, build and maintain scalable, robust and performant data pipelines and related systems that meet technical and functional requirements. Data engineering work takes place fully in GCP with pre-ingested data coming from our applications.
You will:

• Design, implement and optimise Advanced Technology\xe2\x80\x99s data schemas, robotics data models and reporting tables
• Collaborate with platform teams to select data storage, ingestion, and digestion technologies to meet consumption and ingestion patterns
• Proactively design data unit tests to ensure quality and gain visibility into potential anomalies
• Monitor data objects and provide operational support
• Promoting best practices in data engineering (i.e naming conventions, pipeline design standards, DBT model best practices)
• Stay up-to-date with industry developments including conferences, launch of new technologies and new patterns in data engineering.

We would also expect you to:

• Embrace change and solve problems that could prevent us from reaching our goals
• Collaborate with any colleagues / stakeholders as needed

You may be asked to perform tasks as required by management deemed as a reasonable request. This job description is a summary of the typical functions of the role, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of possible role responsibilities, tasks and duties and is subject to review. The responsibilities, tasks and duties of the job holder might differ from those outlined in the job description and other duties, as assigned, might form part of the job.
Who You Are

• You have a strong grounding in SQL, BigQuery and Python
• You have strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• You are commercially minded and are able to put data into context
• You are a team player, with experience fostering a culture that is innovative, motivational and highly productive.
• You are proactive, identifying issues and opportunities before having to be told to do so

This would make you stand out from the crowd:

• Strong experience in analytics, particularly in a lead role
• You have a wealth of experience using GCP for data engineering
• Experience with the modern data stack, including tools such as dbt, Looker, Data Studio.

Physical Activities:

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for a prolonged period.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.

Location
This position is based at the Toronto, Ontario Canada.
For a sense of who we are and what we deliver we invite you to explore online to learn more about Ocado Solutions and Ocado Engineering, which we directly support through the Ocado Technology division, and take the next step in what will be an amazing career with us.