Data Engineer, Utility Warehouse
+ Annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%.
Multiservice utilities provider
Posted today
Multiservice utilities provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
+ Annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%.
1001+ employees
Company mission
Our mission at Utility Warehouse is to be the Last Switch our customers ever need to make for life's essential services.
Role
Who you are
- Technical Mastery:
- You have extensive experience leading the design of data systems and models
- You are an expert in SQL and Python, with a proven ability to independently implement complex, production-ready projects
- You possess a deep understanding of dimensional modelling (Kimball) or Data Vault methodologies, essential for creating scalable enterprise schemas
- You have a track record of leading high-impact initiatives that align with company strategy. You can evaluate proposed work against team goals and provide critical feedback to ensure value delivery
- You are capable of driving the end-to-end delivery of large-scale features, providing high-quality architectural diagrams and technical documentation
- You have strong experience with modern DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and managing transformation layers at scale
- You can advise senior stakeholders on applying Data Engineering to solve complex business problems and are comfortable facilitating cross-functional design sessions
- You role-model UW values by promoting a data-driven culture, mentoring peers, and communicating technical successes and failures clearly to the wider Technology & Product department
- Strategic Problem Solving: Ability to break down vague, high-level business requirements into concrete, scalable technical architectures
- Clear Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences
- Accountability: Willingness to take ownership of critical systems and participate in on-call rotations
- Continuous Learning: Proactively seeking out the latest industry trends and introducing relevant innovations to the team
- Don’t worry if you don’t have the whole list. If you feel you have most of it and can learn the rest pretty quickly then please don’t hesitate to apply. Overall we are looking for imaginative and pragmatic problem-solvers who want to help make a positive impact with data at UW
What the job involves
- We are looking for a "full-stack" Data Engineer to build the backbone of our data infrastructure and own the end-to-end data lifecycle. You will architect enterprise-grade systems and build products that drive digitalisation, while tackling high-volume challenges such as processing half-hourly meter reads for our energy customers
- Pipeline Architecture: Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest large-scale datasets and high-frequency streams
- Enterprise Warehousing: Lead the design and evolution of our enterprise data warehouse, ensuring it is scalable and performant
- Modern Transformation: Manage our data transformation layer using Dataform (preferred) or dbt to orchestrate complex, reliable workflows
- Quality & Deployment: Implement automated testing frameworks and deploy scalable services using Docker and Kubernetes to ensure operational health
- Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering, facilitating data design sessions to optimise how data is ingested and utilised
- Mentorship & Standards: Raise the bar for technical excellence within the squad through code reviews, design sessions, and documenting best practices
- Possible Next Career Steps
- Senior Data Engineer
- Staff Data Engineer
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Budgeting for a household is no easy task, especially when you've got to keep track of various bills from different providers. That's why Utility Warehouse provides customers with all their home services – including energy, broadband, mobile and insurance – in one simple, monthly bill.
The company says that this all-in-one approach ‘makes budgeting so much easier’ for customers, which is backed up by a strong customer services record. Though it does not advertise heavily, its partners are given incentives to sign up new customers, which has contributed to its impressive growth thus far.
Boasting over 1 million customers across the services they sell, Utility Warehouse is one of the largest energy providers outside the 'Big 6'. Its unique approach, and established footing in the market, should ensure it continues to compete with other challengers as the utilities sector further evolves.
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Opportunities to learn
"My manager is always looking to create more opportunities for me to have my voice heard and be stretched into areas I've not necessarily worked in..."
Company benefits
- An industry benchmarked salary. We’ll share it during your first conversation
- Annual discretionary performance based, annual bonus scheme
- Hybrid working, with 2 days in the office. (We’re definitely open to discussing flexible working arrangements)
- Holiday trading- buy & sell up to 5 days holiday each year
- Discount on our services and you get our coveted Cashback Card for free. You’ll also get access to 100s of rewards and discounts through Perkbox
- A matched contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x your salary. You can also access free mortgage advice and a financial wellbeing tool
- Save as You Earn scheme
- Family-friendly policies, designed to help you and your family thrive
- Flexible benefit choices such as Private health insurance, a free Virtual GP, Gym discounts and wellbeing apps
- Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker
- Belonging groups that help UW shape an even more inclusive future
- A commitment to helping you develop your career journey through learning, coaching and new experiences
Company values
- We’re people helping people: Because it keeps us real
- We’re open, empathetic, and foster belonging
- We get it done together: Because it helps us get things done
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Stuart Burnett
(CEO)Stuart began his career as a corporate lawyer before working in several notable insurance firms. He joined UW in 2016 and has held several leadership roles, becoming CEO in 2021.
People progressing
Kerry
Joined as an Electricity Operations Analyst. Promoted 6 times and is now Head of Energy Operations.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Utility Warehouse
Stuart Burnett (Co-CEO)
- We’re a unique bunch of people here at UW – and that’s just how we like it. We embrace different perspectives, experiences, and personalities, creating an inclusive environment where people feel they can belong
- We write job description requirements as minimally as possible to encourage candidates who may exclude themselves to apply, and the Recruitment team work with our hiring managers to minimise bias in the hiring process
- We have a number of active Employee-led Inclusion groups - Menopause Support Pride, Women in Leadership Carers Support
- We openly publish our D&I results internally and externally as well as our targets for improvement.
- We put on unconscious bias workshops and training for all team members
- We provide mental health support and other wellness initiatives to support all our team members
- We are a member of the Women in Utilities network and actively support opportunities for mentoring through the group
- We provide inclusive leadership learning to all people leaders at UW
- We have committed to the Race at Work Charter
- We have an active, zero-tolerance, Harassment and Bullying policy
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