Data Engineer

Lookers Group Technology, Home based with travel to Altrincham, Manchester

Contract Type: Permanent, Job ref. req11020

Salary between £40k and £55k depending on experience, plus benefits

What you’ll do:

· Contribute to the design of solutions that focus on optimising the cost of delivery as well as ensuring solutions are robust and flexible

· Follow the Lookers development process for development, testing (including unit testing), source control and deployment methodologies

· Understand best practices for software development and follow the architectural principles when implementing solutions

· Engage with stakeholders when required to further detail initial requirements

· Ensure bugs found in testing are kept to a minimum and identify areas of improvement in existing code base and where necessary implement these changes

· Be able to work in a variety of database environments and be able to design structures that complement the solution they are designed to deliver

What we’re looking for:

· Social versatility and an ability, be good at communicating within their team any slippage or blockage for work they are involved with (gets on with different types of people)

· Able to work and take decisions independently, providing solutions and anticipating/overcoming challenge.

· Can respond and be flexible to changing business needs and has the ability to influence and challenge where appropriate

· Ability to multi-task effectively and have strong attention to detail

· Comfortable with escalating any issues where necessary and in a timely manner

· Willingness and ability to learn/understand different systems as required

Essential knowledge:

· ETL – SSIS/ADF (highly desirable)

· Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Data Factory (highly desirable)

· SQL (MS SQL, MySQL, PLSQL)

· SSAS

· MS BI stack (SSRS / Power BI) Tableau

· Jira / Bitbucket / MS DevOps / Git

The role will be predominantly home based with occasional requirement to work from, and travel to, a head office location.

Why us…?

Lookers are proud to be one of the top three motor vehicle retailers in the UK, representing 32 vehicle manufacturers, selling and servicing a huge range of cars at over 150 franchised dealerships across hundreds of locations throughout the UK & Ireland. We recognise the hard work, flexibility and commitment of our people so we offer an industry leading benefits package. This includes competitive basic salaries plus;

  • Enhanced holidays that increase with service
  • Eligibility to join one of our car schemes
  • Critical illness cover after 2 years and Life Assurance
  • Smart Health – free access to support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • For some roles a company car and additional earning potential through commission or bonus.

Lookers are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from all types of discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you starting with us. Depending on the role and responsibilities, these could include us verifying your recent employment, address and credit history. We may also conduct a criminal record check and a driving licence check.

Please note: We will close vacancies once the required quality or number of applications has been received.