Data Engineer

Job Description

In this exciting and critical role, you will help us build data products that directly impacts business spanning all global COS.

We appreciate a multitude of technical backgrounds, and we believe you will enjoy working here if you are passionate about data. In this role, you will be required to implement data-intensive solutions for a data-driven organization.

What you will do:

• Take end-to-end responsibility to build, optimize and support of existing and new data products towards the defined target vision
• Be a champion of DevOps mindset and principles and able to manage CI/CD pipelines and terraform as well as Cloud infrastructure, in our context, it is GCP (Google Cloud Platform).   
• Ensure that our built data products work as independent units of deployment and non-functional aspects of the data products follow the defined standards for security, scalability, observability, and performance.    
• Work close to the stakeholders around vision for existing data products and identifying new data products to support our customer needs.
• Work with product teams within COS and across H&M group around topics that relate to our data modernization initiative.
• Evaluate and drive continuous improvement and reducing technical debt in the teams
• Maintain expertise in latest data/analytics and cloud technologies

Qualifications

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act. 

What you will need to succeed:

• Hands on experience either as a Data engineer on modern cloud data platforms /or advanced analytics environments or as a Software Engineer with cloud technologies and infrastructure
• Experience in different data formats (Avro, Parquet)
• Experience in data query languages (SQL or similar)
• Experience in data centric programming using one of more programming languages Python, Java /or Scala.
• Good understanding of different data modelling techniques and trade-off
• Knowledge of NoSQL and RDBMS databases
• Have a collaborative and co-creative mindset with excellent communication skills
• Motivated to work in an environment that allows you to work and take decisions independently
• Experience in working with data visualization tools
• Experience in GCP tools – Dataflow, Dataproc and Bigquery  
• Experience in data processing framework – Beam, Spark, Hive, Flink

Additional Information

This is a full time permanent contract based at our Head Office in London 

Benefits  

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here. 

In addition to this UK based colleagues also receive  

• Up to 25 days holiday 
• Annual health checks
• Pension scheme 
• Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub  
• Cycle to work scheme  
• Discounted gym membership 
• Employee assistance via retail trust   
• Private health & dental care 

Inclusion & Diversity 

At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.   

Company Description 

About COS: Since our launch in 2007 we have opened stores and sell online in over 40 countries worldwide. Our collection offers elevated essentials, iconic pieces and innovative design. The creative soul of the brand is visualised through our storytelling, seasonal runway shows and connect with contemporary culture to create an experience beyond the expected. From the beginning, our design ethos has always put lasting style, quality and sustainability first. Today 92% of the materials in our collection are more sustainably sourced.  

Ready to apply? Click on the I’M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.  

We are looking forward to hearing from you!