Data Architect in Leeds

Who We Are: AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them. This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• Proven track record of leadership of teams and problem solving at the enterprise scale in the field of Data Architecture, Science or Analytics.
• Hands‑on technical delivery of client‑facing data projects across the full SDLC from design to migration, integration and live service in a multi‑vendor environment.
• Strong skills in languages such as Python, R, SQL or Scala, alongside experience of using modern and traditional data technologies including: ElasticSearch, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, mySQL/mariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop, Kafka, Splunk/ELK or other logging and monitoring tools, BI and Data Warehousing solutions and ETL and migration technologies.
• Strong cloud‑native data engineering skills e.g. AWS RDS, Aurora, Redshift, Kinesis, Glue or Azure CosmosDB, DataFactory, DataWarehouse, SQL DB etc.
• Proven experience in quality assuring data programmes, including non‑functional testing and performance tuning.
• Hands‑on experience of modern software delivery, including CI/CD and DevOps practices with a deep understanding and extensive track record of delivering complex data solutions using Agile methods including Scrum, SAFe etc.
• A keen understanding of industry best‑practice around standards, quality and continuous improvement in the field of Data Engineering.
• Experience in conducting large scale enterprise batch and real‑time processing from varying sources.
• Experience in building and designing scalable and extensible enterprise data architectures.

Why join AND Digital? We have three values: wonder, share, and delight. These values inform how we work with clients, and our culture: what it feels like to work for AND. We believe collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun can drive innovation by creating a better environment for problem‑solving.

By joining AND, we’ll provide:

• Opportunities to work on projects with big clients and the chance to produce meaningful work that makes a difference to people’s lives.
• A “Blended Working” model, meaning you will be able to work in a range of locations from your home, in your clubhouse, on a client, as well as just a change of scenery.
• A dedicated career scrum team, designed to help you reach your career goals and develop the skills you need to be your best self.
• An annual budget for training and upskilling, including allocated days off so you don’t have to study in your own free time.
• Monthly and quarterly team socials - on us - ranging from after‑work drinks, to driving experience days with your fellow club members.
• A safe environment for you to be yourself and challenge yourself.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays.
• Share scheme.
• A £1000 flexifund to use on a personalised list of benefits such as Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health, dental and optical cash plan.
• 6% pension PLUS many more.

For a full list of benefits - click here.

Equal Opportunities Statement: At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.