Principal Data Engineer, Cazoo Data Services

• You are an experienced and accomplished backend software engineer and you are looking for a new challenge
• Somewhere you can actually add value rather than being another cog in the wheel
• You love data and love working with data on a daily basis
• You have strong opinions on what good tech looks like and you want to be heard. We are listening
• Whilst you are experienced and at a senior or principal level in your current or most recent position, you want to grow and understand that there is no ceiling
• You want to give your experience and knowledge to something special and be part of its journey but you also want to grow and develop into a better engineer than you are now
• You want to work with great people and be mentored by a leadership team that you can actually respect and learn from
• You are enthusiastic and resourceful whilst being passionate about building great products, who loves being part of a team whilst enjoying the autonomous nature of working remotely
• Strong data skills
• Expert with Python (data engineering, APIs, data pipelines, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, asynchronous programming)

Desirable

• We are looking for a Backend Engineer at a senior or principal level to bring their wealth of experience to our team to assist us in reaching our goals, during our most exciting period of growth
• On a daily basis, you will perform data-related tasks, so strong database/SQL experience is required for this position
• Our two primary languages are Python and TypeScript. If your focus and expertise is with Python then a large part of your role will be around data engineering, processing data, and moving data around into efficient solutions
• You will also work on custom projects whilst building various different things. For this, we would expect strong data skills, ideally with PostgreSQL
• If your focus and expertise is with TypeScript then you will largely be working with our SaaS tools
• You will be responsible for the architecture, and the backend of these tools. You will help make them fast and reliable
• Our Engineering Leadership teams mission, which we hope you can be a part of, is to have all of our engineers skilled and trained up on both TypeScript and Python