Technical Lead, Carwow
Data Engineering
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Leveraging technology, media and innovation to reimagine car-changing.
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Leveraging technology, media and innovation to reimagine car-changing.
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we've turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head.
Role
Who you are
- Previous experience as a Senior Data Engineer or Technical Lead
- Knowledge of data modelling and schema design with a focus on efficiency, accuracy and scalability
- Experience with SQL, Python, data infrastructure, SQL ETL/ELT knowledge, experience with DAGs to oversee script dependencies with tools like dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, Terraform
- It's preferred but not essential if you have experience in Ruby, data visualisation tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau, Power BI), Amplitude, DevOps, Circle CI/CD, AWS
- Experience guiding and mentoring distributed teams of Engineers to success, working cross-functionally with Product Managers, Stakeholders, and other Developers
- A desire to learn continuously, share your knowledge, communicate effectively and build a product in close collaboration with others. You raise the bar for technical quality and sharing your expertise
- Experience delivering work that has measurable impact and value to stakeholders – early and often. You actively scope work and drive projects forward
- You are fully engaged in the product development life cycle, helping to shape your team’s roadmap
- You’re not expected to be an expert in all of these technologies and tools, we are happy to support your learning journey. If you’re unsure about any of the above, please apply
What the job involves
- As a team our mission is to empower all Carwow teams with access to reliable, actionable data and enable informed decision-making through scalable and secure data platforms
- We’re investing heavily in our Data Engineering capabilities at carwow, ensuring we have the expertise to deliver infrastructure and data-driven best practices that support the growing needs of our Data Analytics team
- We build our ETL pipelines in Python and SQL, using Airflow to automate workflows, with data ingested into a Snowflake warehouse from various in-house and 3rd party sources and Terraform to manage infrastructure
- Our tech stack is primarily Ruby on Rails using PostgreSQL, all hosted on Heroku
- We use Terraform to manage our infrastructure and encourage teams to be involved in how we deploy and run our code in Production
- You'll be supported by one of our Engineering Managers who are there to help you with your career progression and ensure that the team you are on are working as well as they can - continuously improving!
- You will be the Technical Lead within the Data Engineering squad, working simultaneously with the Principal Engineer, Product Manager and Engineering Manager whilst partnering closely with our Analytics & Data Science team to help enhance their productivity
- You will help to shape the technical strategy for our approach to building data products and the future of Data Engineering at carwow by providing knowledge and expertise in optimum practices and implementation. This includes developing and testing product improvements
- You will lead the Data Engineering team in scoping how new features can be built and how Stakeholder needs can be met while making pragmatic technical trade-offs
- Develop and enhance our data architecture and pipelines to enable us to deliver versus our business goals
- Collaborate with, and mentor your team by reviewing code, monitoring and guiding your team's software in production. Collaborate with other Stakeholders helping them to do their finest work and deliver projects according to our values and brand
- Define a roadmap of initiatives to both improve our current infrastructure and assist other teams in creating new data products
- Contribute to a diverse Engineering culture based on customer-centricity, high-quality code, data-driven outcomes, technical innovation and business impact
- Identify the important technical differentiating factors of our data product, and leverage those in our architecture
- We have a career progression framework that means you know what is expected of you and how you can progress through our career ladder and your EM will work with you to make sure you are happy, fulfilled, and doing the best work you can be doing
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Carwow believes there should be a better way to buy cars than the traditional method of visiting local dealerships and negotiating prices. The platform has simplified the car-buying process by allowing customers to easily find the exact car they want, including the preferred combination of optional extras while eliminating the need for haggling. This has made Carwow a popular choice for consumers looking for a more transparent and hassle-free experience.
As the largest web platform for new car sales in the UK, Germany, and Spain, Carow has grown rapidly through innovative marketing strategies. One of its key tactics is leveraging it massive YouTube following, which boasts nearly 10M subscribers. The videos feature a mix of in-depth car reviews and entertaining drag races, helping to engage potential customers and drive traffic to the platform.
Over 10M customers now use the platform to buy and sell cars and in 2023, nearly £3B worth of cars were bought through the platform. Carwow continues to grow and innovate, and with its strong customer base and expanding partnerships, it's ready for continued success.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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36% female employees
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Career progression
"A significant proportion of carwow's mid-managerial leaders have been internally promoted, and there are countless examples of people going from an..."
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2024
$52m
LATE VC
Nov 2023
$3.8m
LATE VC
Total funding: $225.2m
Company benefits
- 🌴 28 days' holiday increasing to 35 with length of service, plus extras for house moves, weddings and more!
- 📈 Employee-friendly share options
- 💰 Pension scheme via Royal London - up to 5% company contribution
- ❤️🩹 Vitality private healthcare insurance
- 💵 Life Assurance - 4x annual salary
- 💚 Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
- 👪 Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave including up to 20 weeks' full pay maternity and shared parental leave, and 8 weeks' full partner pay, as well as fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
- 🧒🏽 Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones
- 🏖️ 'Work from abroad for a month' annual scheme
- 🧠 Generous learning and development budget
- 🖥️ £500/€550 home office budget
Company values
- Be clear
- Be collaborative
- Be curious
- Be effective
- Be humble
- Be positive
- Be proactive
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
David Santoro
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experienced Developer having previously worked at Barclays, ITV, ThoughtWorks, Xbright, and Confetti Network.
John Veichmanis
(CEO)Previously the CMO at Farfetch and Vice President of Global Search Marketing and Consumer Acquisition at Expedia.
Alice Flaye
(Chief Business & Operations Officer)Previously worked in People and Strategic Projects at Sproutl. Prior to that they spend 5 years at Farfetch in various Senior Legal roles.
Sally Foote
(Chief Commercial Officer - Sell My Car)Previously the Vice President of eCommerce at GoCompare. They also spent 6 years at 10 Digital Ladies as an Associate.
People progressing
Joined as an Account Manager in 2016. Has worked as Director of Strategic Growth of 'Sell Your Car' since November 2023.
Alyx joined as an Account Manager in 2017, they are now the Head of Commercial Operations and Leasing.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Carwow
Zaina Ishaq (Culture & Inclusion Manager)
- Our mission is to foster an environment of belonging that enables everyone to bring their authentic selves to work, harnessing the unique perspectives and talents that drive us to be the car-changing experts for life’s defining moments. Our DEI strategy is centred around three key pillars; Talent Attraction, Supporting Career Development and Inclusive Workplaces.
- We recently launched our own real-time DEI Gender & Ethnicity Pay Gap dashboard to measure the impact of our efforts in real time
- We've developed our Internal Mentoring Programme to help employees from diverse backgrounds climb the career ladder
- We are proud partners of BYP Network - helping us to attract and retain black talent
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