Senior Data Engineer - #66223

About Playtech                                                                         

Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,000 employees across 20 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gambling software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtech.com & www.playtechpeople.com 

Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech’s overall commitment to responsible business practices.

Ready to level up your career?

Playtech‘s BI Unit is looking for an expert Senior Data Engineer with excellent analytical mind set and problem-solving skills to join our Data Programme team

Your influential mission. You will...

• Be designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and efficient data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and optimizing data processing performance
• Strength our data stack to bear the load of our ever expanding, data driven business
• Develop and maintain data models, ETL processes, and data warehousing solutions to support analytics, machine learning, and reporting
• Ensure data security and compliance with industry regulations and best practices
• Identify, analyse, and resolve data-related issues to improve data reliability and maintain data integrity
• Proactively identify opportunities for data architecture improvements and implementing changes to optimize system performance and scalability
• Stay up to date with the latest data engineering trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure that our data infrastructure remains cutting-edge and efficient
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior data team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Components for success. You...

• Have extensive experience in data engineering with a proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale data processing systems
• Must have great expertise in SQL, Python, or other programming languages used in data engineering
• Are an expert building complex and robust data architectures handling large amounts of data
• Have experience with data modelling, data warehousing, and ETL processes

You'll get extra points for...

• Having the gaming industry experience
• Your experience as a Team Technical Lead / Delivery Manager
• Possessing high problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail
• Your experience with reporting tools for e.g. SSRS or PowerBI or other tools.
• Having experience with data-quality monitoring.
• Your experience with database performance monitoring and optimisation.
• Your excellent spoken and written communication skills in English, allowing you to deliver complex information clearly to your colleagues

Thrive in a culture that values...

• Empowerment, support, and mentoring 
• Constant learning and development opportunities 
• Active lifestyle and mental well-being 
• Fun company events  

HOW TO APPLY?

In addition to your CV, please add a brief motivation letter covering your goals, your current experience as a Data Engineer in your industry, etc. You can write it in the comment section at the end of the application page (under "your message to the hiring manager"). 

DATA PROGRAMME  
Our team is part of Playtech's wider BI team and we are responsible for collecting, gathering and analysing data from all Business Units across Playtech, by providing robust warehousing and reporting solutions. We are a very dynamic multicultural team, with data at its heart, consisting of data engineers, analysts and architects delivering insights and data-driven projects by using state-of-the-art technology.

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.