Data Engineer

CompanySay hello to the ecommerce OS.Swap is a leading software provider dedicated to empowering e-commerce brands with innovative, data-driven solutions. Our cutting-edge platform helps online retailers optimise their operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment where creativity and innovation thrive.About the RoleWe're looking for a passionate and detail oriented Data Engineer to join our platform team as we rapidly scale our stack for a new data-driven era at Swap. In this role, you’ll be driving change through building first-class data systems for the whole business whilst shaping the platform vision and driving internal best practices.This role requires a knowledgeable, hands-on and enthusiastic team player who is excited at the prospect of accelerating and scaling a greenfield project. If you're excited by the idea of working in a fast-paced, collaborative team where you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!ResponsibilitiesAPI Strategy & Development: Own the strategy and implementation of our API layer, enabling our products to access the data they need.Platform Technical Vision: Input and influence the technical direction of the data platform at Swap, ensuring we're always prepared for future business opportunities.Data Pipeline Development: Own our replication pipelines to ensure we have first-class observability, latency and alerting capabilities.Data Quality & Governance: Driving best practices to ensure our data is trustworthy and reliable as we scale together to deliver best in class products for Swap.What We're Looking For5+ years experience working as a data engineer in customer-facing product environments.Demonstrable Python experience working with data pipeline, orchestration, and api framework technologies. Ideally, but not limited to, Data Load Tool (dlt) and FastAPI.Several years of experience working in a Google Cloud Platform environment, specifically BigQuery, Cloud Run and Cloud Storage.Experience deploying different CI/CD technologies, such as GitHub Actions, to achieve scalable and seamless multi-developer projects.Understanding of data warehouse architectures and best practices using data build tool (dbt).Ability to clearly communicate and influence the technical vision and direction of the platform to technical and non-technical stakeholders.Experience working with Shopify or e-commerce datasets.BenefitsCompetitive base salaryStock options in a high-growth startupPrivate Health insurancePension