Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Create new ETL scripts utilizing Python to collect and validate data from various sources, including APIs and web scraping.

• Collaborate with our data engineering team to implement ETL scripts within our orchestrated data platform using Dagster and BigQuery.

• Assist in the operation, maintenance, and enhancement of current data pipelines.

• Ensure that our pipelines are developed following best coding and data practices.

• Contribute to maintaining Ember’s data quality and output at the highest standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of one year of experience in developing and deploying Python code.

• Familiarity with SQL databases.

• Strong numerical and data literacy skills, with exceptional capabilities in data extraction and transformation.

• A discerning and selective approach to using AI coding tools, along with the ability to critically assess their outputs.

• Proficient in both spoken and written English.

• Enthusiastic about clean energy initiatives.

• Motivated and eager to learn.

• Systematic with a keen eye for detail.

• Ability to function effectively as part of a remote international team.

• Experience in developing data pipelines on orchestration platforms like Dagster (preferred), Airflow, dbt, or Prefect (nice to have).

• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git (nice to have).

• Experience working with cloud platforms, particularly GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure (nice to have).

• Capability to collaborate with business users to translate research inquiries into specific data requirements and develop solutions accordingly (nice to have).

• Additional language skills (nice to have).

• Previous experience in the power or clean energy sectors (nice to have).

🏝️ Benefits

• We offer a nine-day fortnight, allowing our full-time staff to have every other Friday off without any pay reduction.

• 25 days of vacation, in addition to UK bank holidays (unless local statutory minimums exceed this), with an extra day of holiday granted for each year you are part of the Ember team, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.

• Competitive paid maternity and paternity leave.

• Flexible working arrangements, including options for part-time work and remote work.

• Arrangements for access to a local working space can be made for employees.

• Complimentary annual eye tests.

• Access to a counseling service.

• Provision for funding and allocated time dedicated to your training and development.

• Paid volunteer day.

• Four paid days off to facilitate low carbon travel.

• Time off to donate blood.