# Data Engineer

**Company:** [Addresscloud Limited](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/7ErJ6MuqW8JXFcqfgnhbrd.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote

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## Description

**Job Title:**

Data Engineer

**Location:**

Remote (UK) - we work where we're happiest, with occasional travel

**Management of Others:**

None

**Reporting to:**

Data Director

**What does this role do?**

Step into a role where you don’t just work with data—you bring it to life. You’ll help design, build, and maintain powerful, scalable data pipelines and platforms that keep our data easy to find, trustworthy, and ready for real-world use.

Get hands-on with cutting-edge tools like Databricks and modern cloud technologies as you automate ETL processes, uncover insights from rich geospatial data, and champion best practices in metadata, testing, and governance.

You won’t just be part of the team—you’ll be right at the heart of it, helping turn our data strategy into reality and shaping the next generation of our data lakehouse.

**What will you be responsible for?**

Here’s what you’ll jump into:

**Build and Maintain**

·      Design, build, and run robust data pipelines using Databricks, and AWS, transforming large-scale geospatial datasets into high-quality, usable data.

·      Automate core ETL processes to enable smooth, reliable, and scalable data flows across the organisation.

·      Play a key role in shaping and delivering our medallion architecture, ensuring well-structured bronze, silver, and gold layers that power our data products.

·      Support the development of metadata frameworks and data cataloguing, making our data easier to find, understand, and trust.

**Collaborate and Support**

·      Partner with senior engineers and product teams to deliver data products that are not just reliable, but genuinely useful and easy to work with.

·      Get stuck into code reviews—sharing ideas, learning from others, and helping the whole team level up.

·      Be an advocate for best practices in testing, governance, and documentation, helping to build a strong and consistent data culture.

**Maintain Excellence & Innovate**

·      Contribute to automated data testing frameworks that keep data accurate, consistent, and geospatially sound.

·      Spot opportunities to make things faster and better—optimising pipelines and queries with techniques like spatial indexing.

·      Keep everything aligned with security, licensing, and governance standards—no shortcuts.

·      Stay curious and proactive, exploring new tools and smarter ways of working to keep improving how we handle data.

1.     How We Show Up

·       Fluent in friendly informative chats and smart solutions

·       Adaptable and comfortable with change

·       Keen to learn, grow and champion Addresscloud

·       Willing to pitch in with other reasonable tasks as needed to help yourself, your team, and the business succeed

·       You bring energy, focus, and enthusiasm to your work every day

What do you need?

_**Technical/Skills:**_

**Skill**

**Requirement**

**Level**

**Essential / Desirable**

Data Engineering & ETL

You know how to get data moving—designing, building, and maintaining pipelines that just work. From automation to optimisation, you keep ETL workflows running smoothly behind the scenes..

Skilled

Essential

Cloud Platforms (Databricks/AWS)

Comfortable working in the cloud, especially with Databricks, and familiar with how AWS services come together to power scalable, modern data platforms.

Skilled

Essential

Programming (Python)

Python is second nature—whether you’re building pipelines, automating processes, or writing tests, you use it to make things happen.

Skilled

Essential

SQL & Spatial Databases

Strong SQL skills with the ability to dig into large datasets and pull out what matters, plus experience (or interest) in PostgreSQL/PostGIS for spatial data.

Skilled

Essential

Data Transformation

You enjoy turning messy data into something meaningful—structuring it through Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers using Databricks, Python and Spark SQL.

Skilled

Essential

Geospatial Tools

Curious about geospatial data and either experienced with—or excited to learn—tools like GDAL and DuckDB to unlock deeper insights.

Competent

Desirable

Data Visualisation / BI

You understand the value of presenting data well, with experience using dashboards or BI tools (like Databricks or Power BI) to tell clear, compelling stories.

Competent

  Desirable

**Our Culture in Action**

·       The Addresscloud 8 outline the core elements that matter in a high-performance culture across all roles in our organisation.  

·       The three strengths below are the key ingredients for success in this role. They work best together, so teammates are encouraged to flex across all of them to bring their best and perform at a high level every day

**Addresscloud 8 Core Elements**

**Strengths**

**Potential**

Customer Focus

Growing Yourself and Others

Innovation by Nature

Organisational Maestro

All-in Commitment

High-Quality/High-Impact Work

Teamwork & Collaboration

Narrative Advantage

**Core Elements**

**Examples**

Customer Focus

·       You take ownership and turn challenges into happy customers

·       You don’t just meet expectations; you surprise and exceed them

·       You always look for smarter, smoother, faster ways to serve our users

Growing yourself & others

·       You actively seek out learning that aligns with where we’re going as a business

·       Seeks the progression of increased responsibility and influence

·       You empower people by building good judgement and confidence 

·       You give teammates big, exciting challenges to help them shine

·       You track progress, celebrate wins, and create clear development paths

·       You help everyone stay aligned on milestones and delivery

Innovation by Nature

·       You help us explore new markets, products and possibilities

·       You turn imaginative ideas into practical change

·       You test, learn and pivot, embracing smart risks

·       You champion innovation across the organisation

Organisational Maestro

·       You assemble the right people with the right skills for every mission

·       You think ahead, plan thoroughly and adapt quickly to change

·       You stay connected to the industry, spotting trends and opportunities before others do

All-in Commitment

·       You take bold goals and run at them enthusiastically

·       You deliver reliably and consistently – no drama

·       You pitch ideas with conviction and help others achieve success

·       You step up when something needs doing, even if it’s beyond your comfort zone

High-Quality, High-Impact Work

·       You own deadlines and hit them

·       You balance great quality with smart cost and efficiency thinking

·       You constantly raise the standards for productivity and performance

Teamwork & Collaboration

·       You’re a team chemistry expert, helping everyone feel included, energised, and united around shared goals and values

·       You’re present, supportive and always ready to roll up your sleeves

·       You understand how different teams connect and how your decisions help them to succeed

Narrative Advantage

·       You speak with clarity and confidence, whether it’s a presentation, a demo, or a room full of execs

·       You read the room like a pro, adapting to feedback and keeping everyone engaged

·       You build trust with your words and presence

·       You’re a proud ambassador for Addresscloud, inside and out