Data Engineering Manager, Kaluza
Data Platform
£72.8-100k
+ Discretionary Bonus Scheme
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
Intelligent software platform powering the future of energy
Open for applications
Intelligent software platform powering the future of energy
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
£72.8-100k
+ Discretionary Bonus Scheme
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help decarbonise the world.
Role
Who you are
- You are passionate about developing others and helping people become the best version of themselves. You have a strong focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, supporting your team and those around you as individuals
- You are a dedicated leader who enables collective success and have experience in leading data-oriented teams of engineers
- You are able to draw on your significant experience in data engineering roles (inclusive of manager experience roles) to deliver high quality, actionable data pipelines and analytics
- You have excellent presentation and communication skills and are able to articulate results clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders using both technical and non-technical language to fit your audience
- You have experience in designing and building data pipelines, strategic data architectural decisions and high quality “datamart” objects across different business functions, e.g. product, finance, strategy, etc
- Extensive experience in engineering robust ETL/ELT processes and data pipelines, with a strong focus on curating, transforming, and publishing data for optimal business consumption. This includes designing and implementing scalable data workflows, ensuring data integrity and quality, and leveraging advanced data engineering techniques to meet the evolving needs of the business
- Solid experience in designing and implementing data models, master data management, and data quality rules and logic
- You have experience working with a modern analytics stack, for example:
- SQL
- GitHub
- Data orchestration tooling (e.g. dataform, dbt)
- Native cloud services or products (e.g. AWS/GCP)
- Programming language (e.g. python)
- BI tooling (e.g. Tableau)
- Experience with Databricks is a plus
- You have both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience in using advanced analytical and analytic engineering techniques
- We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you
What the job involves
- Reporting to: Head of Data Science & Products
- This is a technology platform that aims to revolutionise the operating platforms for energy retailers globally
- This platform is being built with globalisation and regionalisation in mind and is the foundation for decarbonisation efforts by Kaluza’s customers
- We are looking to transform to an international ready model to help the business take on new challenges and external customers
- More specifically, you will join our Data leadership team, working directly to Kaluza’s Head of Data Science & Product, and will be the lead for the Data Platform team as part of this
- The Data Platform team lies at the epicentre of Kaluza’s evolving data & architecture strategy - they build and own the infrastructure, tooling and governance for Kaluza's internal data pipeline, from data ingestion, data cataloguing to data storage and exposing data externally
- As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing engineers and product analysts who work in our Data Platform team, product or business functions within the wider organisation
- You will assist your team in the scoping, planning and delivery of data engineering and analytics engineering projects, assuming accountability for their execution, and flexing your time as you see necessary
- You will introduce thought-leadership on how to deliver excellent analytical and data engineering to the wider practice and contribute to cultivating a positive Kaluza community
- It’s an exciting time currently at Kaluza to contribute to our future state architectural decisions with the opportunity to shape our data estate to represent the best analytical engineering practices
- Staff management for 5-8 engineers and analysts across a range of skillsets and experience/seniority
- Scope and lead data engineering projects for the whole platform, identifying opportunities and challenges. Provide technical support on these projects where it’s needed
- Drive the design and building of new data models and data pipelines in production
- Align with data leads from across the organisation to continuously improve collaboration and ways of working across the data community
- Ensure the Data Platform team continuously improve their delivery quality & velocity through Agile ways of working, team skills make up & recruitment, training, etc
- Take ownership of the operational health, security, risk & compliance and incidents relating to Data Platform, representing these elements at senior Kaluza platform health reviews
- Balancing competing engineering demands on Data Platform between delivery, support, technical improvements, innovation and addressing technical debt
- In close collaboration with product management, enable the team to prioritise work based on business impact and urgency, managing stakeholders where tough decisions are required
- Engage with clients to gather and clarify requirements, translate them into actionable platform work, and ensure delivery meets agreed expectations
Our take
The energy landscape is one of the most dynamic and fast-evolving sectors in the world. More and more energy retailers are looking to move further toward digitisation and reap the benefits of modern technology in an increasingly connected world. But many are struggling with the transition, held back by legacy operating systems which slow them down, drain resources, and hamper innovation.
This is where Kaluza comes in. An ecosystem of platforms whose services range from energy billing to smart electric vehicle charging, Its real-time cloud platforms transform supplier operations, reducing the cost to serve and boosting customer engagement. Essentially, its platform is aimed at helping businesses streamline their operations, saving them time, effort, and money which can be better invested elsewhere.
Kaluza is riding the momentum of a growing desire for sustainable business and services. Its program relating to electric car charging, for example, will be able to capitalise on huge new demand in that sector - over 100,000 electric cars are already on the roads in the UK, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance has predicted that electric cars will account for over 50% of new global car sales by 2040. As the globe moves further towards sustainable use of energy in the coming years, Kaluza could be very well positioned to capitalise.
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Insights
33% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2024
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Progressive leave policies - including leave dedicated to the moments that matter to you the most
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Dedicated personal learning and home office budgets
- Flexible working — we trust you to work in a way that suits your lifestyle
- 26 days holiday
- Kaluza Share Scheme
Company HQ
Kensington, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Melissa Gander
(CEO)Initially joined Kaluza as COO before becoming CEO in 2024. Previously worked at OVO Energy in a number of roles, including Managing Director of Smart Metering and Group COO. Prior to that, they worked at INEXUS as a Process and Performance Analyst and a Customer Manager.
People progressing
Joined as Senior Technical Product Manager in 2017, promoted after 2 years to Head of Product, promoted again in 2024 to their current position as Director of Product.
Joined Kaluza in 2020 as a Software Engineer, and in less than 2 years was promoted to Software Engineering Manager and again promoted in 2023 to Senior Software Engineer.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Kaluza
- We are developing an dedicated Early Talent programme with a focus on underrepresented groups, offering different training opportunities within the business
- Our applicant tracking system, Greenhouse, also anonymously tracks the diversity of each candidate pipeline, so we can proactively take action when a pipeline needs to be more diverse
- We invest in tools, like Textio, and focused diversity job boards to help us reduce bias in our job postings and recruitment activity
- Commitment in improving diversity across our Tech Teams and working with companies to improve the tech ecosystem as a whole, specifically have committed to 25% Women in Tech by 2025
- We've signed up to numerous charters, like the Tech Talent Charter, Race at Work Charter and Trans in the City, to show our continuing commitment to improving I&D within Kaluza and the wider community
- Within Kaluza we have belonging communities set up, to offer support and forums for everybody
- We run monthly Inclusive Hiring Skills & Bias training that are open to all Kaluza employees
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