Senior Data Engineer Full Time

Guru Systems

Are you excited by the idea of pushing the boundaries of IoT technology? Do you love making tech work seamlessly? Do you want to contribute to a low carbon future?

At Guru Systems you can be part of a team developing technology that is radically reducing carbon emissions and making energy systems more transparent and lower cost for society.

About the role

Guru collects a billion measurements a month on the performance of domestic heating systems. In this role you will lead the development of products that turn that data into reductions in people s energy bills.

The product and UX team will work out what the product should do. You will work with our engineering team to design and implement Guru s next generation data processing pipeline. You will own the end to end quality of data within Guru.

Essential criteria:

• To have worked as a Data Engineer within a SaaS organisation (3 years experience)
• Be able to support ‘data’ with multiple technical stakeholders, including software developers, devops engineers and data scientists
• Demonstrate expertise in management of data, including strong ability to ‘mangle’ data
• 3+ years hands on experience with Python, ideally on bigger projects involving over 10 person-years of effort
• Very proficient in querying data (SQL and other means)
• To use tools and develop scripts in Python to:

1. produce datasets on demand,
2. aggregate data from multiple sources,
3. understand and have strategies to deal with incomplete datasets,
4. be able to convert data between formats,
5. Be equipped with strategies to deal with large datasets
6. have a clear understanding of data validation and how to measure data quality.

• Experience of supporting Data Scientists with data discovery to enable them to be productive when building new ML models
• Experience of data visualisation
• Knowledge of data pipeline workflow management systems, such as Apache Airflow
• Knowledge of data ingress and messaging systems, such as Apache Kafka
• Knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL and Cassandra
• Experience of realtime and batch data management a bonus
• Experience of IoT a bonus
• Experience of putting ML models into production in a cloud environment, a bonus
• Strong empathy and the capacity to react calmly and efficiently, even when others are stressed
  

Benefits:

• Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this is a full time permanent role with 25 days holiday each year.
• Be part of a growing innovative business and help shape the future of energy
• Collaborative, flexible and friendly environment
• Bespoke personal development budget
• Normal working hours are 9.00 am to 5:30 pm
• Guru Systems will match 5% pension contributions
• We host regular virtual socials and are always finding creative ways of staying connected with each other
• 2 Volunteer / Social Engagement Days
• We offer great perks and discounts with free access to health and wellness support and more.
• There will be an expectation that the successful candidate is able to visit our London offices twice a week.
  

About Guru:

At Guru Systems you can be part of a team developing technology that is radically reducing carbon emissions and making energy systems more transparent and lower cost for society. Purpose

Have a measurable impact on the decarbonisation of heat for the benefit of the environment, society and the long-term future of our planet. Innovation

Create and deliver a range of intelligent solutions to improve the energy efficiency and financial performance of heat networks, from IoT devices to data analytics and machine learning. Team

Join a supportive working environment where your opinion is valued, dedication and continuous development are rewarded, new skills can be mastered and people are proud of their work.

While Guru s people are highly effective, we are also open-minded, curious and willing to own and learn from our mistakes. We prefer team players to lone heroes.

We care deeply about our clients and other stakeholders, because we know we can only fulfil our mission if they are delighted with our output.

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• Be part of a growing innovative business and help shape the future of energy
• Collaborative, flexible and friendly environment
• Bespoke personal development budget of £1,500
• Normal working hours are 9.00am to 5:30pm with flexibility and autonomy around this, we do not clock watch!
• Guru Systems will match 5% pension contributions
• We host regular virtual socials and are always finding creative ways of staying connected with each other
• 2 Volunteer / Social Engagement Days
• We offer great perks and discounts with free access to health and wellness support and more

Nominal interview process:

1. Recruiter Screen
2. Hiring Manager Interview
3. Take home test
4. Meet the team
5. Meet the CEO
6. Offer

Airflow, Python, Kafka, Machine Learning, PostgreSQLAirflow, Python, Kafka, Machine Learning, Cassandra