[Hiring] Data Engineer @Reach plc

Role Description

As a Data Engineer at Reach, you will be at the heart of our data evolution. You will build and scale the infrastructure that powers our insights, ensuring our data platform is robust, automated, and high-performing. This is a role for a builder, someone who enjoys the challenge of architecting complex pipelines and optimising enterprise-level cloud environments to unlock the true potential of data.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Automate: Provision and manage scalable AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Build & Scale: Design and deploy high-performance ETL processes and sophisticated data models to support business-critical analytics.
• Optimise Performance: Own the end-to-end data lifecycle, from ingestion and monitoring to advanced Redshift loading and optimisation.
• Collaborate & Influence: Partner with BI engineers, data modellers, and non-technical stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with Reach’s broader data strategy.
• Governance & Integrity: Document design decisions and processes while upholding a rigorous commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Non-discrimination in everything we build.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Python for scalable data processing.
• Mastery of SQL (DDL/DML) for complex relational database management and optimisation.
• Deep grasp of the AWS ecosystem: Redshift, Athena, S3, Lambda, ECS/EC2.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Proven experience scaling enterprise-level data warehouses.
• Expert in Kimball methodology, capable of designing Star and Snowflake schemas specifically tuned for Amazon Redshift performance.
• Extensive experience building robust ETL pipelines and managing sophisticated orchestration workflows in a production cloud environment.
• A "quality-first" approach to engineering, utilising unit testing and automated validation to ensure data remains a single source of truth.
• The ability to manage multiple high-priority projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, evolving media environment.
• Ability to bridge the gap between technical complexity and business value, articulating design decisions clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Resourceful in identifying new opportunities where data can unlock customer loyalty and business growth.
• Self-starter with a "can-do" attitude, taking full responsibility for the health and evolution of the data platform.

Benefits

• 25 days' holiday (plus bank holidays), with an extra day after three, five, and ten years of service.
• An extra day's paid leave each year to volunteer for a cause close to your community or your heart.
• Big moment day - an extra day’s paid leave for significant life events.
• Bonus scheme - a stake in our success and a chance to add to your annual earnings.
• Help saving for your retirement - matching company pension contributions up to 6%.
• Supportive and progressive people policies, including enhanced family leave and policies to promote flexibility, inclusion, and progression.
• A healthcare cash plan for medical expenses and fast access to doctor's appointments.
• Car lease scheme for electric or hybrid cars through salary sacrifice.
• Wellbeing support, including a 24/7 assistance programme for you and your family.
• Access to discounts, including 15% off with Reach's online marketplace, Yimbly.
• Interest-free loans for season tickets and technology.

Company Description

Hello, we’re Reach. Every day, our trusted news, stories and content connect with millions of people where they live - whether that’s on their social feed or at their neighbourhood newsstand; through their local community or their take on the hot topic of the day.

We're home to more than 120 brands - from household names like the Mirror, Express, Daily Star and Daily Record, to local titles like MyLondon, BelfastLive, and the Manchester Evening News, and brands making a splash in the US like the Irish Star.

It's our ability to understand people and the things that matter to them that makes us Britain and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher. We reach around 70% of the UK's online population, 10% of the US online population, and over 100 million social followers around the world, connecting with them on who they are, where they live and what they love.

As a modern media organisation, we're much more than just news. And it takes a wide range of people and skills to serve diverse audiences, customers and communities like we do.

We know everyone has their own story to tell, so we’ve built an environment where every background is respected and every day is a day to explore.

We’ll help you build a career that works with your life, while giving you the space to create and grow.