Lead Data Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join our eCommerce Data team at NEXT. Based from NEXT Head Office in Leicestershire with a competitive salary range of £64,000 - £79,000 with great benefits!

About The Role

Our eCommerce Data team provides the department and the business the means to see what is working and what is not by drawing data and analysing patterns of shopping on our site and in general.

As an ML Ops Data Engineer within the eCommerce Data team at NEXT your role will involve building and maintaining robust data pipelines and deploying machine learning models into production. You will work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and IT teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of data and machine learning systems. What else is involved?

What You'll Take On

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data platforms.
• Collaborate with data scientists to understand data requirements and provide necessary data infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize databases and data warehouses for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with data scientists to translate prototypes into production-ready solutions.
• Monitor and maintain deployed models to ensure they perform as expected.

  What You'll Bring

• Strong knowledge of Python, Spark(Databricks) and SQL and experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Good understanding of Data Engineering principles and Data modelling methodologies
• Advanced expertise in Spark,Performance Tuning and Optimization
• Strong understanding of working with APIs for data transfers for large scale data
• Experienced with building and managing CI/CD pipelines, Terraform
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Knowledge of data preprocessing and feature engineering.

Desirable

• Google Cloud Platform knowledge
• MLFlow
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as MLFlow, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn

So if you have proven experience within Data Engineering with great communication skills and the ability to translate business needs to technical requirements for building data engineering solutions, this is the place for you - and your career. 

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.