Global Fashion Group

Senior Data Engineer

2 December 2024
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£58000 - £109000 / year

Job Description

Global Fashion Group (GFG) is the leading fashion and lifestyle retail destination in Asia Pacific, Latin America and CIS. We connect over 10,000 global, local and own brands to a market of more than one billion consumers through four established e-commerce platforms: THE ICONIC, ZALORA and Dafiti. Through an inspiring and seamless customer experience enabled by our own technology ecosystem and operational infrastructure, we are dedicated to being the #1 fashion and lifestyle destination in our markets. With 17 offices and 10 fulfilment centres across four continents, GFG proudly employs a dynamic and diverse team with deep local knowledge and expertise. In 2019, GFG delivered more than 34 million orders to over 13 million active customers. 

ABOUT THE FUNCTION

At GFG, technology is core to long-term success and is a crucial enabler of a great customer experience. We are a mix of experts in fashion, logistics, data analytics, marketing and design, guided by business consultants and tech geniuses – everyone contributes to the success of GFG.

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team: 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our global data platform team. You will work on a highly scalable cloud-based environment, utilizing modern data engineering tools like Airflow, Trino, and Prometheus running on Kubernetes in a multi-cloud environment (GCP & AWS). The ideal candidate will have experience in debugging complex performance and application-related issues and providing scalable data solutions to support high-impact data science projects like search and recommendation, pricing, and inventory management.

  • Propose solutions for running multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, etc.) in a cost-efficient manner, optimizing storage, compute, and data transfer costs.
  • Design, implement, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Airflow, Trino, Iceberg and Spark on Kubernetes in a GCP / AWS environment.
  • Debug and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of the platform.
  • Implement best practices in data architecture, ensuring data quality, governance, and security.
  • Collaborate with Data Science teams to deliver data solutions for projects related to search and recommendation, pricing optimization, and inventory management.

THE IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE 

Data at GFG never stops growing and the team also never stops learning, innovating and expanding so that we can bring in or build the latest and best tools and technologies. In this role, you will be able to create strategic data models, develop and maintain data architecture used to power high-impact business initiatives that contribute to the overall growth and strategy for GFG.

WHAT  WILL YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

  • Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline

Be familiar with:

  • Search technologies and recommendation engines
  • AWS, GCP data services
  • Basic machine learning algorithms
  • Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus for application performance management.
  • Experience with streaming tools like Kafka or Apache Flink

2. Be knowledgeable in:

  • SQL, Python, and tools like Apache Airflow, Trino/Presto and Iceberg
  • Large-scale distributed systems in Kubernetes and Cloud Infrastructure
  • Hadoop, Spark and Pandas or similar processing engines
  • Terraform for managing Cloud Infrastructure

3. Good to have:

  • Proven experience with data architecture, data modeling, and ETL pipelines.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in debugging and optimizing distributed systems.
  • Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented mindset, with a passion for working in a collaborative, agile environment.
  • Experience in optimizing multi-cloud infrastructure to achieve cost-efficiency and scalability.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

  • The unique opportunity to have a serious impact on a growing organisation;
  • A dynamic working environment shaping the face of fashion e-commerce in growth markets
  • Significant career growth opportunities in a fast-growing business, gain working exposure in the 20+ countries across the group
  • Work closely with a global talent pool with international mindset 

Apply today and join GFG in this exciting role shaping the face of fashion e-commerce!

Global Fashion Group embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

Apply today and join GFG in this exciting role shaping the face of fashion e-commerce!

Global Fashion Group embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.