Job Description
Data Solutions Engineer – 12 month maternity cover contract.
Your team
The News UK Data team is embarking on a new chapter of growth, driving the company’s AI strategy and supporting our brands in achieving data‑powered product growth. Our cross‑functional, Agile teams span London, Sofia, and Bangalore, working collectively to handle the collection, ingestion, utilisation, and warehousing of data, alongside asset enrichment through machine learning and AI. We build industry‑leading insights tools, consumer‑facing AI features, and efficiency tooling to foster data‑informed decision‑making across the entire business.
Your role
We are looking for a Data Solutions Engineer to join the team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineering and platform teams to build robust pipelines, unravel complex data problems, and turn bold ideas into transformative data products.
Day to day you will
- Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, performant, and cost‑effective data solutions.
- Deliver all technical work in alignment with agreed data architecture principles, standards, and best practices.
- Design optimized data marts tailored for downstream consumption across BI visualization tools, Customer Data Platforms, and APIs.
- Collaborate closely with Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Data Platforms teams to ensure secure, efficient, and policy‑compliant implementations.
What we’re looking for from you
- Deep technical expertise delivering end‑to‑end data solutions utilizing BigQuery, Dataform, and Airflow.
- Advanced SQL and data modeling capabilities specifically tailored for complex analytics and reporting use‑cases.
- Practical knowledge designing and orchestrating data workflows, dependencies, and managed transformations.
- Proven background working alongside business analysts to successfully gather, clarify, and validate technical requirements.
- Strong troubleshooting capabilities to navigate complex, large‑scale data environments.
- Collaborative communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions across both engineering teams and non‑technical audiences.
- Solid understanding of data quality, reliability, and operational best practices.
If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions.
- Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in‑person/virtual exercise classes.
- Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme.
- Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books.
- Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
- Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities.
- Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling.
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%.
- Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.
We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know.
At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in‑office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.
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