Head of Data Engineering & Architecture, Trainline
2+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
Train ticketing platform
Posted today
Train ticketing platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
2+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
We're building the world's no.1 rail platform while empowering greener travel choices, connecting people and places.
Role
Who you are
- Thrive in a diverse, open and collaborative environment
- Have experience managing multiple teams of Data Engineers
- Are in expert in data engineering infrastructure, technologies and practices
- Have deep expertise in data modelling and warehouse design in the modern, lake house era
- Are an experienced and committed people manager with technical leadership experience
- Are passionate about agile software delivery with a track record of leading effective agile and lean software teams
- Have a strong background in DevOps deploying, managing and maintaining services using Airflow, Docker, Terraform and AWS CLI tools to achieve infrastructure-as-code and automated deployments
- Have excellent knowledge of AWS services (ECS, IAM, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, MSK)
What the job involves
- We are recruiting for an experienced Head of Data Engineering & Architecture to build a world-class Data Engineering function and data platform, owning both strategy and delivery for Data Engineering as a discipline along with the vision, roadmap, operations and cost of the Data platform and associated products
- Lead the org of circa. 30 Data Engineers and Data Engineering Managers
- Set the vision and strategy for the Data Engineering function and driving necessary organisational change to achieve the vision
- Set the vision, technology blueprint, architecture and roadmap of the Data Platform
- Ensure delivery of OKRs for Data and vertical Data Product Teams
- Architect our analytical data stores to maximise productivity and efficiency for data consumers with effective metrics and data marts
- Ensure that our data assets are discoverable, documented and readily accessible to consumers and appropriately protected
- Engage and nurture the Data Engineering teams to drive and foster a high engagement culture
- Manage the costs of data systems and 3rd party suppliers within the current FY budget and accurately forecasting the next FY budget
- Define and implement effective ways of working for delivery teams and ensuring these are embedded
- Influence the direction of our technology platforms so that they are aligned to the needs of delivery teams and driving adoption of new technologies
- Embed high standards of engineering excellence in delivery teams
- Define effective operational processes and ensuring that teams embed these processes and achieve operational performance targets for availability, performance, security, on call rotas, incident management etc
- Ensure the Data Engineering function engages with regulatory, audit or compliance teams and processes and achieves compliance with relevant policies in Data Governance, security, privacy and IT controls
- Coordinate larger cross-team projects or programmes within the Data function and ensure that we have governance in place to manage delivery
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Trainline make it super easy to book transport tickets. Their app is intuitive and well designed. and they're even pioneering paperless travel, allowing you to store your tickets in the app.
They're hyper focused on customer experience and have a product culture of fast iteration to deliver great outcomes for customers.
Their customers make 170,000 journeys a day and they sell 200 tickets a minute.
They're continuing to innovate to stay ahead. They're using machine learning to predict price movements and are integrating with Siri and Google Assistant so people can buy tickets just by speaking to their phone.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
42% female employees
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"The complex nature of the market as we work with different suppliers is an amazing opportunity to create fluid solutions. A very well segmented..."
Company benefits
- Flexible working (40% min office attendance)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym memberships
- Private Health and dental Insurance
- Pension (matched contributions)
- Income Protection
- Share Incentive Plan (buy one get one free)
- Learning budget
- Primary & Secondary Caregiver Leave
- Shared Parental Leave
- Enhanced sick pay
- Free Perkbox subscription
Company values
- Own It - We care about every customer, partner and journey
- Do Good - We make a positive impact
- Travel Together - We're one team
- Think Big - We are building the future of rail
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Jody Ford
(CEO, not founder)Previously Non-exec Director of Moonpig and Photobox Group.
Milena Nikolic
(Chief Technology Officer, not founder)Previously Engineering Director at Google.
Lisa Hillier
(Chief People Officer, not founder)Previously Chief People Officer at Gousto , The Restaurant Group and Just Eat.
Mike Hyde
(Chief Data Officer, not founder)Previously at Meta.
Dave Price
(Chief Product Officer, not founder)Previously at Spotify and GoEuro.
People progressing
Joined as a Product Manager. Promoted to Product Manager after 1 year. Then promoted again to Principal Product Manager after 7 months and is currently Product Director.
Joined as Business Performance Analyst. Promoted to Senior Analyst after 1.5 years. Then promoted again to Commercial Manager after 7 months.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Trainline
- 💚 Diversity drives us forward We know that having a diverse team is crucial to Trainline’s ongoing success. A team that is diverse in all forms – gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought are key to Trainline being an inclusive environment where every Trainliner can be their true self. We're committed to creating workplaces where everyone belongs, is celebrated and their differences are valued, creating an awesome employee and customer experience. 💚 Meet our Networks Our diversity networks are inclusive communities developed and led by Trainliners, with sponsorship and support from senior leaders. They're all about empowering and supporting underrepresented groups, by providing a safe space to talk, a place to come up with new ideas and a channel for voices to be heard. 🚀 Women in Leadership 💜 Artemis (gender equality) 🏳️🌈 Rainbow Train (LGBTQIA+) 🌻 Sunflower (accessibility) 🌍 Ethnic Diversity Network 🐣 Parent & Carers
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