Senior Data Platform Engineer

South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.

Our Corporate Functions team is the “enablement engine” of South Pole. Behind the scenes, we provide the business with world-class solutions and best practices that sustain business growth and success. We cover key areas such as Finance, HR, Office Management, Legal, IT, Operations, etc. If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you!

Job summary:

 At South Pole, we are on a mission to drive sustainability through data-driven insights. As a rapidly expanding global company, we are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Data Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role is pivotal in developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, enabling us to extract valuable insights across the business

Main tasks & responsibilities:

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will be a key player in our Data team within Technology, reporting directly to the Head of Data. Your responsibilities include:

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• Manage the Google Cloud Platform: Airflow, BigQuery, PySpark and Infrastructure as a Code (preferably Pulumi).

  
  

• Developing Scalable Data Pipelines: Design, build, and continuously improve data pipelines and structured datasets to support analysis by data analysts and BI developers.

  
  

• Organizational Data Infrastructure: Design, document and build the organizational data infrastructure and architecture, contributing to the overall data governance and management policies.

  
  

• Data Analysis and Organization: Analyze and organize raw data from all core enterprise systems (Salesforce, ERP, HR etc.), meta data from unstructured data sources (Google Drive, PowerBI etc.) and external data sources (carbon registries, emission factors, external carbon credit data etc.).

  
  

• Enhancing Data Quality: Explore and implement strategies to enhance data quality and reliability. Including ongoing monitoring and maintenance, ensuring that as a business we are adopting best practices.

  
  

• Collaboration: Work closely with BI developers, software engineers, and the DevOps team to support the generation of scalable and repeatable insights from data.

  
  

• Enthusiasm for working in a rapidly expanding global company in the sustainability sector.

  
  

Essential -

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

  
  

• Proven experience working with cloud infrastructure

  
  

• Proven experience in data engineering with a focus on developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines.

  
  

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

  
  

• Proficiency in working with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.

  
  

• Familiarity with data governance and management policies.

  
  

• Experience with business requirements gathering for data sourcing

  
  

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

  
  

Desirable - 

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• Have experience working with Google Cloud infrastructure and Salesforce
  
• Experience working with DevOps and MLOps technologies
  
• Enthusiasm for working in a rapidly expanding global company in the sustainability sector.
  
  

What we offer:

At South Pole, we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet. South Pole is not just an employer, we are a Team. South Pole does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career. By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do. You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation. 

We’re a planet of 7.5 billion unique and different people. We all have a contribution to make and South Pole is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status or disability. Our recruitment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.