Data Engineer – Core Data Models & Reporting

8 Minutes ago • All levels

Data Analysis

Job Description

King is a worldwide leader in mobile gaming, generating petabytes of data daily. The Core Data Models & Reporting team transforms this data into reliable, impactful products for decision-making across King. This role involves joining a collaborative team across Barcelona, London, and Stockholm to build and maintain core data pipelines, improve existing products, and design trustworthy data models. You will work closely with stakeholders, optimize data pipelines using SQL, Python, and Airflow, and develop BI and reporting products like Looker models and dashboards, ensuring quality and cost efficiency.

Good To Have:

Experience with CI/CD tools such as Drone or GitHub Actions
Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tools
Experience working in an Agile team environment
Understanding of real-time data feeds and event-based architectures
Contributions to open source projects

Must Have:

Work closely with stakeholders to understand their data needs and design scalable solutions
Build, maintain and optimise data pipelines and models using SQL, Python and Airflow
Design and develop BI and reporting products such as Looker models, dashboards and data visualisations
Contribute to our data modelling standards and best practices to ensure quality, reliability and cost efficiency
Collaborate with other data engineering teams to ensure consistent architecture and tooling
Take ownership of your work from design and testing to deployment and documentation
Strong SQL skills
Solid experience in Python development for data workflows
Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines, ideally with Apache Airflow or a similar orchestration tool
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, GCS, etc.) or another major cloud provider
Good understanding of data modelling principles
Experience building dashboards and visualisations in Looker, Tableau or similar BI platforms

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Craft: Data, Analytics & Strategy

King is a worldwide leader in mobile gaming, home to some of the most iconic casual games in history, including Candy Crush Saga, Farm Heroes Saga and Bubble Witch Saga. You will work alongside talented people from many crafts, in offices designed for creativity, collaboration and fun in a team-first hybrid mode.

With petabytes of data and billions of events generated every day, data sits at the heart of everything we do. The Core Data Models & Reporting team transforms this data into reliable, impactful and well-documented data products that support decision making across King, from game teams and finance to marketing and player experience.

You will join a small collaborative team currently spread across Barcelona, London and Stockholm, working with engineers and analysts across Shared Tech and beyond. You will help build and maintain core data pipelines, improve existing products, and design clean, trustworthy data models that empower hundreds of users across King.

Your Role Within the Kingdom

Work closely with stakeholders to understand their data needs and design scalable solutions
Build, maintain and optimise data pipelines and models using SQL, Python and Airflow
Design and develop BI and reporting products such as Looker models, dashboards and data visualisations
Contribute to our data modelling standards and best practices to ensure quality, reliability and cost efficiency
Collaborate with other data engineering teams to ensure consistent architecture and tooling
Take ownership of your work from design and testing to deployment and documentation

Skills To Create Thrills

Strong SQL skills, able to write complex and performant queries with ease.
Solid experience in Python development for data workflows
Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines, ideally with Apache Airflow or a similar orchestration tool
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, GCS, etc.) or another major cloud provider
Good understanding of data modelling principles and the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a problem-solving attitude
Experience building dashboards and visualisations in Looker, Tableau or similar BI platforms
A curious and proactive mindset and a willingness to learn and broaden your skills