Data Engineer (Fractional), Caura
1-2 days per week (or equivalent)
One app for all things car
Be an early applicant
One app for all things car
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
1-20 employees
Company mission
Caura is the only app you need to manage your car
Role
Who you are
- You must be fluent in our tech stack: - Data Warehouse: Google BigQuery - Transformation: Dataform - Reverse ETL: Segment - Engagement: Intercom - Visualisation: Lookerstudio, Mixpanel, etc
- Translate between data and real-world: You are comfortable sitting between raw data pipelines and business logic
- Meticulous Detail: You understand that a decimal point in the wrong place on a client report is a disaster. You take pride in your accuracy
- Modern Stack Native: You treat data models as code (Git version control, code reviews)
- Proactive Insight: surface issues and growth opportunities before they impact customers, with clear, actionable recommendations
- Commercial Awareness: You understand that user attributes in Segment drive real-world customer experiences. You get the difference between "technically correct" and "business useful"
What the job involves
- Maintain our existing Dataform project. Pipelines must run efficiently and reliably
- Build new, modular, incremental data models that support our rapid growth and let us deliver for blue-chip enterprise partners like esure and Lloyds Banking Group
- Implement and monitor our Dataform pipelines, catching quality issues before they reach production - we are FCA-regulated so quality of data is non-negotiable
- Keep pipeline and model logic clearly documented to ensure continuity and avoid single-dependency risks
- Write and maintain the analytical queries that define our audiences
- Ensure reliable data flow via Segment to CRM tools, we currently use Reverse ETL for this. This is business-critical; it powers our marketing drip sequences and transactional servicing notifications. You will update existing pipelines and build new ones to power additional marketing and servicing comms
- If a sync fails, we need it fixed fast. A broken query means a customer misses a critical renewal reminder, that cannot happen
- We provide comprehensive reporting to B2B partners. These must be accurate, timely, and presentation-ready
- You will work with stakeholders to define the datasets that power these reports, ensuring strict data integrity
- We want to move away from manual extraction. You will identify opportunities to automate these data flows, reducing "faff" and manual error.
- Support Product and Marketing with deep-dives into user behaviour
- Build or update internal dashboards that help us make decisions based on facts, not guesswork
Application process
- Screening call with the CFO/Co-Founder (15mins)
- Competency / Fit interview with Co-Founders (60mins)
- Technical Assessment with Engineering Manager (30mins)
Our take
There are over 25 platforms that UK drivers must use in the vehicle management process - for example, for insurance, charges, and taxes. Caura is a vehicle management platform setting out to help clients remove the inconveniences associated with vehicle ownership.
In a fragmented system spread across insurers, governmental bodies, and car service providers, Caura has created a single app that allows drivers to manage everything that has to do with car ownership, from admin, to payments, to insurance. The company's products include Caura Protect - a service that helps drivers to easily manage vehicle and driver insurance on its platform; and Caura Drive - a payment service that allows drivers to pay charges and tolls by using a single app.
The company's early 2023 Lloyds-backed funding will be invested in the further development of its existing products as well as launching new capabilities, such as parking charge payments and enhanced embedded financial services.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2023
$5.4m
EARLY VC
Jun 2021
$4.1m
SEED
Total funding: $13.4m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- MacBook Pro, Apple Keyboard & Magic Mouse, 4k screen
- 25 days holiday plus all UK bank holidays
- Regular team socials, open and welcoming team culture
- Endless learning opportunities
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
Leadership
Sai Lakshmi
(CEO)Previously Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, Associate M&A at Arma Partners and Business Development Manager at Apple. They also co-founded Echo which was later acquired by LloydsPharmacy owner, McKesson.
Shaun Foce
(CTO)Shaun has worked as a Senior Software Engineer at ASOS, Engineering Manager at Sainsbury's, and as a Founder at AgileLabs before Co-founding Caura.
Bhavin Kotecha
(Finance Director)Was previously a Manager at PwC and the Head of Commercial at PUBLIC. He has also been a Financial Accountant at BMW Group.
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