Cloud Data Engineer - Bristol, United Kingdom - Unite Students

Unite Students

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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Technology at Unite Students

We're all about creating a Home for Success for our students, using technology and data to empower them to find their home, their tribe and have a great stay with us through their studies.

Fast Paced. Innovative. Curious. Inspiring. Inclusive.

Providing a home for 74,000 students in more than 170 buildings, the success of our customers, colleagues and partnerships are the measure of our work; we take our goals seriously, knocking them outof the park whilst having fun and helping each other grow.

Prop-tech is an exciting sector and youll be part of a team that is redefining the end-to-end experience for our customers and introducing new ways to add value through products, technology and data.

Our ambition is to run the best platforms and experiences in the sector and were investing in people and technology.

Building an inclusive team that is diverse is essential
- it's what makes us, US. We're passionate about building a team that respects, celebrates,and thrives from, the different experiences diversity of thought can bring. Whether you're interested in Marketing, Digital, CRM, Property Maintenance, Robotics and Automation, DevOps, Cloud and Data Engineering, Smart Building and IOT - or all of it - there'sa place for you in our Technology Team. We're here to make a difference across the board.

In Data Platform, we are the glue that brings it all together. Data is an asset and we unlock its value for our colleagues, partners and customers. We use it to optimise our services, study the market and inform our key decisions. From smart experiencesto smart buildings, we're here to help.

What you'll be doing

Collaborate with peers and platform lead to set standards for software engineering practices within the team
Investigate, test and introduce new ways of working and technologies which are appropriate and complimentary to team practice
Assemble data sets that meet functional and nonfunctional business requirements
Build efficient and reliable data pipelines, ingest and transform data sets using SQL and Python within an AWS hosted environment
Work with Solution Architects to build low code API pipelines within our Integration Platform
Constantly seek new and creative ways to automate workflows and iterate on systems, driving improvement and efficiency
Provide logical and physical data design and database modelling
Work flexibly between green field development, maintaining and updating existing data solutions and redesigning and optimising old code

What we're looking for in you

AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift, Athena, Lambda
Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Airflow, AWS Glue, Step functions etc
Hands on experience of building streaming pipelines using Kafka/AWS Kinesis
Worked with APIs, both calling and retrieving data. Building API flow using low code solutions desirable
Experience of NoSQL data platforms such as MongoDB
Have proven experience working in a cloud environment, with AWS being strongly preferred
Understanding of, and have participated in, Agile delivery. Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar tool.
Familiarity with software engineering principles and product delivery
Knowledge of at least one scripting language i.e. Python
Strong knowledge and aptitude at building data warehouses in Redshift/Snowflake

What You'll Get in Return

An annual bonus so you can share in the company's success
25 days' paid holiday
Pension based on how much you save, we'll contribute 1% more
Flexible working opportunities
Shared Parental Leave 18 weeks full pay
Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts and more

About Unite Students
Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK's leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation.

You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home We are driven by our values, culture,and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion.We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn't just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students.Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone
We're proud to be an employer that
embraces individuality, and we're passionate about building inclusive teams.

We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong.

We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people.

Building a
home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what's right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar.

Join us as we build better experiences for studentsthat live with us.

**We are US.