Senior Software Engineer (Data)

About the Position

Senior Software Engineer (Data)

Beamery is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Data) to join our team in London, UK. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, and evolving a world-class data platform. You will lead the development of scalable, high-performance ETL data pipelines and storage solutions, ensuring operational excellence, uptime, and data correctness across all pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect, Design, and Evolve a World-Class Data Platform: Take ownership of the architecture and development of a cutting-edge data platform, using state-of-the-art technologies and tools. Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance ETL data pipelines and storage solutions, ensuring operational excellence, uptime, and data correctness across all pipelines.
• Lead the Development of the Analytics and Semantic Layer: Build and maintain the end-to-end analytics layer, developing robust data models and transformations to drive business intelligence. This includes defining and maintaining core business metrics, feature usage signals, as well as creating a clean, scalable semantic layer to support advanced analytical and AI applications.
• Drive Self-Service Data Empowerment: Develop and manage high-quality data products that empower other teams to access reliable insights quickly. Implement proactive monitoring and alerting systems to ensure data quality and immediately address anomalies in key metrics or data streams.
• Mentor and Guide a Team of Data and Software Engineers: Act as a technical leader within the team, providing mentorship to data and software engineers at all levels. Help set best practices for coding, data modelling, and pipeline design, developing a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Collaborate and Influence Cross-Functionally: Partner with other cross-functional teams to deeply understand data needs. Translate complex requirements into actionable plans, effectively communicate data-led recommendations, and ensure project outcomes drive measurable business success.
• Pioneer AI-First Development Practices: Champion modern, high-velocity development practices, leveraging advanced development and coding tools to increase velocity. Write clean, structured, and scalable code and help cultivate an engineering environment focused on technical excellence and rapid iteration.
• Influence Key Business and Technical Decisions: Leverage your expertise to shape the strategic direction of Beamery’s data platform, making informed recommendations that align with business goals. Ensure that data is used effectively to guide critical decisions and that the platform continues to support rapid growth and scalability.

Requirements

• Core Skills:
  • dbt for data transformations
  • Data storage (SQL/NoSQL)
  • SQL for data pipelines and modeling
  • Monitoring/alerting
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Secondary Skills:
  • Back-end engineering (NodeJS/Python/Java/C#)
  • Excellent communication skills to advocate technical solutions to various audiences
  • Strong Systems Design ability to create scalable and adaptable solutions for complex problems
  • Autonomy in fast-paced, data-driven environments to achieve measurable business outcomes

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Collaborative and inclusive company culture
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

Beamery

With the rapid expansion of AI and automation, the future of work has never been more challenging for organizations. Beamery’s unique jobs, skills, and tasks data platform helps organizations navigate these challenges and make more informed decisions across Talent Lifecycle Management. Our solutions power recruitment, mobility, upskilling, diversity, work architecture, and workforce planning for some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies.

We believe that where you work is much more than just a job. Millions of people are being left behind every day in their careers, and we’re on a mission to fix this by creating equal access to meaningful work, skills, and careers for all.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a representative Beamery, creating an equitable, inclusive, and engaging environment for our people.

Join us and help us transform the future of work once and for all.

Diversity and Inclusion

Beamery is for everybody. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to us. We acknowledge the challenges in our industry and strive to develop an inclusive culture where everybody can contribute. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, or caregiver status. If, for whatever reason, you need us to make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to our recruitment process, please email [email protected].

Visit our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion page to learn more about our progress and commitments.