Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
AI Data Engineer
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The Opportunity
Bloomsbury is looking for an experienced and pragmatic Data Engineer to join our AI & Innovation team. It’s an exciting opportunity to help shape Bloomsbury's data infrastructure and support some of the company's most ambitious AI and commercial initiatives.
As the first dedicated Data Engineer in the business, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the data platforms, pipelines and governance frameworks that underpin insights, forecasting, discovery, licensing and other strategic projects. You will work closely with Data Scientists, Technology, Legal and colleagues across our publishing divisions, helping to ensure trusted, well-modelled data is accessible throughout the organisation.
This is a foundational role rather than a maintenance one, and suits someone who would rather build infrastructure that lasts than run someone else's. The ideal candidate will enjoy building reliable systems from the ground up, have a strong understanding of modern data engineering practices, and be comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
The role will ingest data from multiple systems into GCP (BigQuery), you will be comfortable working with varying data sources and types.
As a small engineering team, we value adaptability, we will have requests from various parts of the business that require learning tools, implementing code, and working in areas you’re unfamiliar with. Problem solving is key.
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Skills, knowledge, experience
- Demonstrable experience building and supporting production data pipelines
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Experience working with cloud-based data warehouses such as BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift or Databricks
- Knowledge of modern data orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow, Dagster or dbt
- Experience ingesting data from APIs, databases, supplier feeds and other diverse sources
- Strong data modelling and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
- Understanding of software engineering best practices including version control and automated deployment
- Excellent communication skills and confidence working with stakeholders across all levels of the business
- Experience within publishing, media or content-based industries would be an advantage
- Knowledge of ONIX, EPUB, semantic search or machine learning data pipelines would be beneficial
No specific qualification is required for this role. We are interested in demonstrable skill and judgement, however they were acquired.
The full job advert for this role can be viewed by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.
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Additional information
- Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 per annum
- Starting: As soon as possible
- Contract: Full-time, permanent.
- Location: 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP
- Hybrid-working: 2 days per week: Mondays and Wednesdays
Bloomsbury Benefits
- 25 days holiday
- 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
- Two paid Personal Wellness Days
- Flexible Fridays
- Work Anywhere Fortnight
- Season Ticket Loan
- Share Save Scheme
- AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
- Peppy Health App
- In-house Doctor
- Eye care Voucher Scheme
And a range of other benefits as listed on our company website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/work-with-us/rewarding-you/
Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
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