Alto Software Group
B2B SaaS
DataPlatformEngineer
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“Data Platform Engineer at Alto Software Group. Skills: Data Platform Engineering, AWS, Databricks, Python, SQL, Terraform, Data Lakehouse. Provide ongoing operational support and build new solutions for our data lakehouse and scale it out to serve internal analytics and AI use cases that boost productivity across the business.. Build the infrastructure and business logic behind our new data commercialisation opportunities, partnering with product and commercial teams to turn data into revenue-ge”
What You'll Achieve.
scale the data lakehouse that powers analytics and AI across the business; build the infrastructure behind new data commercialisation products; create the reusable building blocks that let our engineering teams move data around safely and quickly; boost productivity across the business; turn data into revenue-generating products; deliver value to our internal customers in a fast, predictable way
Industry & Context.
pragmatic problem-solver; navigate ambiguity; find simple solutions to complex challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Python skills, track record of building data infrastructure that other engineers and analysts depend on, Hands-on experience with AWS, Hands-on experience with Terraform, comfort with infrastructure-as-code as the default way of working, Experience with a modern lakehouse or warehouse platform (Databricks ideally, or SnowflakeigQuery), Experience with data ingestion and transformation tools (Fivetran/DBT), Familiarity with Kafka or similar streaming systems, Solid SQL skills, good sense for data modelling, Awareness of container orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes), understanding how data workloads run in production, A platform mindset
Nice to Have
Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, interest in building the abstractions that make event-driven data flows easy for other teams to adopt
What You'll Do.
Provide ongoing operational support and build new solutions for our data lakehouse and scale it out to serve internal analytics and AI use cases that boost productivity across the business.
Build the infrastructure and business logic behind our new data commercialisation opportunities
partnering with product and commercial teams to turn data into revenue-generating products.
Design and build the abstractions
blueprints and reusable templates that let service and analytics teams work with data safely and consistently
from ingestion through to storage and access.
Play a key role in modernising our legacy monolithic SQL Server database — extracting data into our lakehouse and other parallel data stores
introducing data retention policies
and helping migrate to modern SQL frameworks and languages.
Write ETL processes and contribute to data modelling for both internal analytics and external-facing data products
where the platform alone isn't enough.
Take ownership of your work from design to deployment
either independently or as part of a collaborative team.
Help shape our engineering practices and explore new ways of working to deliver value to our internal customers in a fast
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partnering with product and commercial teams; let service and analytics teams work with data safely and consistently; as part of a collaborative team; collaborative team member; willing to share early-stage work; both give and receive constructive feedback
Process & Methodology
Take ownership of your work from design to deployment
Full Job Description
Alto Software Group is a B2B SaaS company that powers more than half of all UK housing transactions each year. We create software solutions that connect businesses and consumers, delivering a one-stop shop for estate agents and home builders. Our goal is to drive efficiency, speed up transactions, reduce risk, and improve the end-customer experience. While we're not a startup, we operate with a startup mindset. We're looking for people who share this mentality and are ready to tackle big ambitions. This is a fast-growing and exciting business going through significant change, and there's never been a better time to join us. We're looking for a passionate Data Platform Engineer to join the Alto Team. You'll help us scale the data lakehouse that powers analytics and AI across the business, build the infrastructure behind new data commercialisation products, and create the reusable building blocks that let our engineering teams move data around safely and quickly. ### What You'll Do * Provide ongoing operational support and build new solutions for our data lakehouse and scale it out to serve internal analytics and AI use cases that boost productivity across the business. * Build the infrastructure and business logic behind our new data commercialisation opportunities, partnering with product and commercial teams to turn data into revenue-generating products. * Design and build the abstractions, blueprints and reusable templates that let service and analytics teams work with data safely and consistently, from ingestion through to storage and access. * Play a key role in modernising our legacy monolithic SQL Server database — extracting data into our lakehouse and other parallel data stores, introducing data retention policies, and helping migrate to modern SQL frameworks and languages. * Write ETL processes and contribute to data modelling for both internal analytics and external-facing data products, where the platform alone isn't enough. * Take ownership of your work
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