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London, UK

Data Infrastructure Engineer (Contract)

About the job

Role Type Contractor

Location Hybrid or based in our London Office

Start ASAP

About Us

We are a climate analytics nonprofit established in 2021. We provide system modelling data, software and analysis to support energy transition planning decision-making. We are entirely grant-funded by the Quadrature Climate Foundation, Google.org, Sequoia Climate Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, European Climate Foundation, among others. Our data, software and analysis is used by developers, financiers, planners and think tanks internationally.

About the Role

TransitionZero is seeking a Data Infrastructure Engineer contractor to support the development and maintenance of our Data Platform which supports our flagship model builder, and data-explorer products.

In this role, you will:

  • Develop and optimise our GCP platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and security
  • Data Platform SDK and data infrastructure/pipelines, promoting automation and best practice
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and deliver scalable and custom solutions

About You

Skills and Experience

While we are a rapidly growing tech startup, we are also a non-profit, so a high level of adaptability and willingness to approach challenges with creativity and curiosity is essential.

Essential

  • Extensive experience building new CI/CD workflows, ideally using Github
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, ideally Terraform
  • Strong SQL and Python ability with experience in Airflow
  • Experience with AWS or Google Cloud
  • Strong knowledge of Data Management principles in a Data/ Lakehouse Architecture
  • Understanding of SQL-first transformation workflows using eg dbt or dataform

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications in software engineering OR a STEM degree with software development experience (3+ years).

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