Principal Data Engineer

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 20 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world.

The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2009, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more!

One of our MarTech ventures, Fospha, is scaling fast and we’re looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to support them on that journey!

About Fospha:

Fospha is the marketing measurement platform for eCommerce brands. We have found product/market fit in the last two years and quickly become a market leader for measurement with numerous awards and rocket-ship growth to match. We are the only business of its type to be a certified partner of Meta, TikTok and Snap, and have worked with our customers -some of the best-known eCommerce brands in the world to drive massive growth and value. We are now expanding globally and are looking for excellent candidates to join the next phase of our journey.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the planning and execution of data projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team, promoting best practices in data engineering.
• Implement and maintain ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes using scalable data pipelines and data architecture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Ensure data integrity and quality across various data sources.
• Support data-driven decision-making by providing clean, reliable, and timely data.
• Define the standards for high-quality data for Data Science and Analytics use-cases and help shape the data roadmap for the domain.
• Design, develop, and maintain the data models used by ML Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists to access data.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to uncover data patterns and trends.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and drive continuous improvement in data operations.
• Stay updated on industry trends, technologies, and best practices in data engineering.

About You:

• The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty

Required:

• Prior experience of leading a team - responsible for the final tech sign off
• Excellent knowledge of PostgreSQL and SQL technologies.
• Fluent in Python programming.
• Understanding of data architecture, pipelines and ELT flows/ technology/ methodologies.
• Understanding of agile methodologies and practices.

Preferred:

• Experience using dbt (Data Build Tool).
• Experience using pipeline technologies within AWS.
• Knowledge of data modelling and statistics.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

What we can offer you

• Be part of the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder
• Work 4 days a week from office.
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible diverse talent in BC
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere – we own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team!
• 24 days of annual leave, 6 floater leave and 4 public holiday days, maternity and paternity leaves.
• Private medical for you and your immediate family.

Important:

At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued, where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organisation. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.