Contract Description
Role: Data Engineer
Role Type: Contractor (we can also offer a Fixed Term Permanent contract with full benefits)
Rate: Dependent on experience (Junior) £200 -£400 (Senior) per day. Outside IR35
Location: Hybrid, Remote or can be based in our London Office
Contract Length: 3-6 Months
Start: ASAP
About Us
We are a climate analytics not-for-profit established in 2021. We build open energy transition products without usability barriers and partner with mission-aligned organisations to help scale a global standard for energy transition planning. We are entirely grant-funded and our data is used by developers, financiers, planners and think tanks internationally.
About the Role:
TransitionZero is seeking two Data Engineer contractors to support the development and maintenance of TZ’s API, flagship model-builder, and data-explorer products.
The Data Engineer will also work closely with other Data Team members to help to build the data infrastructure to orchestrate and monitor the ingestion, cleaning, and periodic release of power system data, as part of the creation of a data warehouse.
Responsibilities:
Developing SQL-based ETL pipelines for the data warehouse
Using Google cloud platform tools including big query, data form and airflow
SQL-first transformation workflows
Preparing technical documentation and READMEs
About You:
A skilled developer with formal training or on-the-job experience writing back-end data services with Python and or SQL and experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud. You will apply your knowledge of Python/SQL development to build data retrieving and cleaning scripts, containerised jobs and workflows, webscrapers, extract-transform-load pipelines.
While we are a rapidly growing tech startup, we are also a non-profit, so a high level of adaptability and willingness to approach challenges with creativity and curiosity is essential.
Essential Skills Required:
Strong SQL and/or Python experience proficient in scripting, data retrieval, and data manipulation
Experience writing complex SQL transformations
Experience with AWS or Google Cloud
Strong knowledge of Data Management principles in a Data/ Lakehouse Architecture.
Understanding of SQL-first transformation workflows using eg dbt or dataform
Qualifications
Degree-level qualifications in software engineering OR a STEM degree with software development experience (3+ years).
Whilst we can accomodate this contract on a remote basis, the candidate will require the RTW in the UK.
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