People’s Postcode Lottery raises funds for good causes. Together with our charity partners and players, our team members help create a fairer, greener and healthier world. You could be part of this amazing mission as a Senior Data Engineer? Join our international team at the Postcode Lottery Group in the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany and Norway!

We are looking for an experienced senior data professional to help develop and support People’s Postcode Lottery Data platforms and systems. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate good experience and understand of data architectures, end-to-end data solution design and data modelling concepts.

These roles will primarily work on developing and supporting our Redshift, Snowflake and Matillion based cloud data platforms. The role will be building new pipelines and data models as well as helping to support and mentor others as we migrate data from our legacy platform to our new group data platform.

This is an opportunity to play a part and help shape and influence the roll-out of a new cloud-based Snowflake data platform and the role would suit ambitious individuals who as well as being technically excellent have good practical experience in end to end data solution design and modelling. You will get the opportunity to work with emerging technologies and practices, and we will help support candidates on their growth and this journey.

“Every day is different working in the Data Engineering team - we work with a variety of different technologies and work closely with different teams across the business. We have a culture where people are encouraged to learn new skills and innovate. Our team members work closely together with respect, transparency, open-mindedness and trust. One of our core values is fun and there are plenty of opportunities to have fun with different events that happen throughout the year many of the charities we support coming into the office to show us how the money being raised for them is being used for good causes” – Sarah Dunn, Data Engineer.

Your tasks

• Lead the design of complex end to end data pipelines, solutions, and data models. Provide oversight, design reviews and support to colleagues on data designs and models. Designs and development to help migration to our new platform.
• Build and develop complex data pipelines and solutions in an agile environment. Supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues.
• Work closely with stakeholders, data and design teams on data related work supporting business goals and needs.
• Drive continuous improvement to help us constantly improve. Act as a role model for a continuous improvement mindset.
• Support, troubleshooting and rectification of systems, pipelines and data.

Your qualities:

• Inquisitive mindset, continuously exploring. Not afraid of the unknown and complex challenges. You seek to understand the problem and are self-motivated to research and deliver great solutions.
• Collaborative and business facing. Able to speak in a non-technical way to business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate that into solutions that deliver what they need.
• Enthusiastic, positive attitude. Inspire and motivate others and act as an advocate for how data can help and empower.
• Confident, contributing ideas and helping innovate. Not afraid to challenge thinking and always aiming to make things better.
• Strong mentoring skills. Helping to support technical and non-technical audiences in developing their knowledge and skills.

Benefits of working with us:

• You will receive a competitive salary, join an excellent pension scheme and benefit from private medical care.
• We have a strong culture of learning and development. Our Lottery Academy offers an extensive range of training programmes and courses. There are also many career opportunities in the UK and abroad.
• We enjoy working with one another. We regularly arrange social activities and organise our Christmas breakfast at the end of the year, a date that everyone looks forward to, where we look back proudly at what we’ve achieved together.
• Your wellbeing is important to us. That’s why we offer a variety of options including an inhouse gym, with an optional weekly massage, and access to mental health support services.
• You’re regularly involved in the work carried out by the charities thanks to the funds we raise for them. This includes volunteering, project visits, presentations in our seminar space, and an invite to the annual Gala event attended by the organisations we support.

Your future department:

Our Group Tech team works alongside the other Postcode Lotteries and is responsible for lottery processes, service management, cyber security, end user computing, data management, cloud and development and programme management.

Your future employer:

The Postcode Lottery Group is an international organisation with a social purpose. We set up and run lotteries to raise funds for a fairer, greener, healthier world.

Our players win prizes together with their neighbours and raise money for charity – it’s a win-win!

Postcode Lottery players have now raised over €12 billion for thousands of charities since 1989. We are one of the largest private charity donors in the world.

Every day, more than 1,500 team members in the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany and Norway are helping to raise €2.3 million for charity partners.

People are at the heart of what we do. Whether it’s our team, our players or the thousands of good causes supported, our aim is to play our part in creating a fairer, more equal world. We are open to ideas and are committed to creating a culture that is inclusive, representative and celebrates diversity in everyone. But we are not perfect. We will always strive to do betterthat’s just who we are.

Join us!

If you’re interested, you can apply now. If you’d like more information, we would be happy to help you. Just contact us at jobs@postcodelottery.co.uk.