Data Engineer, Sifted
2+ days a week in office
Media platform for Europe’s innovators & entrepreneurs
Open for applications
Media platform for Europe’s innovators & entrepreneurs
21-100 employees
Open for applications
2+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To be the critical friend of Europe’s startup community, and to amplify and empower the founders, investors and startup operators driving innovation from the front.
Role
Who you are
- A graduate degree in an engineering, mathematics or computer science field, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of experience in a data engineering role — maintaining, building and optimising data pipelines and data warehouses/lakehouses
- Strong working knowledge of Python and SQL
- Comfort working within a cloud environment such as AWS or Google Cloud, and using GitHub for version control and collaboration
- Hands-on experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL and cloud data platforms such as BigQuery, Databricks and Snowflake
- Experience applying and sourcing relevant AI tools and APIs to support, optimise and build data workflows
- Experience working with ETL/ELT tools like Airbyte, Fivetran and DBT
- Experience building data visualisations and dashboards that help turn complex analysis into clear, actionable insights
- Experience working with product and/or tech teams, with comfort delivering projects from start to finish and translating business requirements into technical roadmaps
What the job involves
- We are Sifted’s research and data team, creators of a wide range of content including reports, briefings and rankings mapping the European tech ecosystem and its startups
- Build and maintain accurate, well-structured ETL/ELT data pipelines that power our subscription products, Sifted Pro and Sifted for Startups
- We’ve launched several new product features this year, and are just getting started. That’s not all: we also offer a free Sifted for Startups subscription that we’d like every startup in Europe to use as they scale
- We have big ambitions, a growing user base and an exciting path ahead — and we’re looking for a data engineer to help us get there
- This role will report to Jonathan Sinclair, head of research at Sifted
- Design, implement and manage user-submitted data flows and mechanisms that enable companies — including startups, investors and accelerators — to share and update their data directly
- Leverage AI tools, APIs, scraping and automation to extract, enrich and structure data from unstructured or semi-structured sources such as websites, filings, news and public databases — improving speed, quality and scale
- Work closely with the intelligence, editorial and tech team to define what data we need, how we collect it and how it powers new product features for our users
- Contribute to the development of our data stack, sourcing strategy and product roadmap as our subscription products scale
- Build dashboards and tools to support internal teams with data exploration, as well as quality assurance and monitoring, ensuring what we publish is accurate and trustworthy
- Document your work clearly and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement through testing, feedback and iteration
- Set up and maintain a new data warehouse/lakehouse infrastructure (BigQuery/PostgreSQL/Databricks), ensuring data is modelled efficiently and fit for analysis and product use
- Help establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data workflows, integrating with GitHub and automating testing, deployment and version control across environments
- We’re also building out our premium subscription product, Sifted Pro, to equip our users — investors, advisors, consultants and GTM teams — with actionable data and intelligence to make smarter decisions
Application process
- Apply by emailing your CV
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Sifted is a media platform reporting on the world of technology and startups in Europe, backed by the Financial Times. It's known for its high-quality commentary and fresh viewpoints and is targeted at founders, investors and people working in startups across Europe. It reports on stories of big startup trends, compelling company profiles, and the everyday lessons that come from growing a business; covering early-stage businesses in tech centres like London, Paris and Berlin but also smaller hubs like Minsk, Talin and Zurich.
Sifted’s team of reporters are based across Europe, and the website has hundreds of thousands of monthly unique visitors. FT's stake in the company comes alongside a licensing agreement which ensures Sifted meets the standard of FT calibre news and analysis. The company is also backed by several British, French, German, Greek and Swedish angel investors with interests in the growing European technology sector.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2024
$4.3m
EARLY VC
Nov 2021
$5.6m
SEED
Total funding: $11.3m
Company benefits
- 28 days holiday
- Personal development budget each year
- 20 days working from abroad
Company values
- We’re curious and we love to learn
- We like to be brilliant at what we do but we’re honest about what we don’t know
- We give people lots of responsibility and trust them to do great work
- We enjoy working together and solve problems as a team
- We treat people with respect and deeply believe in diverse and inclusive team
Company HQ
Temple, London, UK
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