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Data Platform Engineer

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London, England
Mid level
London, England
Mid level
The Data Platform Engineer designs and optimizes tooling for the data platform, enhancing automation and operational efficiency while collaborating with engineering teams.
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Job Description Summary: As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing tooling that supports our data platform. You will work closely with engineering and platform teams to enhance automation, improve efficiency, and ensure seamless data operations across the organization. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and innovative thinking to continuously improve our platform’s capabilities.

What are we looking for?

•    4-6 years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or cloud-based data solutions.
•    Strong expertise in Python
•    Strong experience in Azure Data services
•    Experience in DevOps
•    Impeccable communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
•    A strong sense of curiosity and a proactive mindset to explore and implement new solutions.
Nice to have: 
•    Experience with Terraform, Apache Spark, & ML Ops
•    Has previously worked in an Agile environment

What will be your key responsibilities?

•    Develop and maintain robust data platform tooling to enhance automation, monitoring, and deployment efficiency.
•    Optimize and troubleshoot systemic data operations, integrations, and monitoring tools, ensuring reliability and scalability.
•    Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to implement best practices for data operations.
•    Actively seek opportunities to automate time-consuming tasks and reduce friction by integrating AI into existing tools.
•    Stay ahead of industry trends, experimenting with new technologies to improve platform capabilities.

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Top Skills

Spark
Azure Data Services
DevOps
Ml Ops
Python
Terraform

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