Data & AI Engineer

Infopro Digital is seeking a Data Developer to join its software development team on a permanent basis and support the expanding Data & Benchmarking team, working primarily with Risk.net but occasionally across other brands. Infopro Digital is a B2B group specialising in information and technology. With a presence in 20 countries, the group has 4,000 employees of 79 nationalities.

The successful candidate will work on building, maintaining and improving data pipelines, datasets and tools used by editorial, research and product teams. This includes collecting, processing and managing data from public, internal and third-party sources. The role involves designing and maintaining data workflows, developing scripts and services for data ingestion and transformation, and supporting the storage and management of structured datasets used across the organisation. The successful applicant will collaborate with developers, analysts and editorial teams to ensure data is accessible, reliable and well-structured for analysis, reporting and product development.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain data pipelines and automated workflows for collecting and processing data
• Design, manage and optimise structured datasets used across the organisation
• Write scripts and services to extract, transform and load data from various sources
• Support journalists, analysts and product teams with accessing and working with data
• Ensure data quality, consistency and reliability across datasets
• Identify opportunities to improve automation and efficiency in data workflows
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including developers, designers, UX specialists and product teams
• Contribute to the development of new data products, tools and services

The ideal candidate will have practical experience working with data in a development or technical environment. This may include software development, data processing, database management or building automated data workflows. They should be comfortable working with structured datasets, writing scripts to process data, and supporting data-driven applications or services. An interest in financial markets is helpful but not required. Some travel will be required, so we will only consider candidates who have the right to freely travel across Europe.

Must have:

• Minimum 2 years professional use of Python and/or PHP
• SQL Experience working with structured data and spreadsheets

Should have:

• Git
• AWS or Google Cloud

Nice to have:

• Snowflake
• PHP
• Symfony
• Drupal (we are on version 11)
• JavaScript, jQuery, Vue.js
• Docker

This role can be based in the UK or anywhere in the EU remote. We offer a competitive benefits package including:

• 25 days of annual leave, rising to 30 days with length of service
• Additional day off on your birthday
• Group personal pension plan
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Employee assistance programme providing confidential 24/7 support on wellbeing and mental health
• Eye-care vouchers
• Discounted gym membership and employee discount scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave up to 26 weeks full pay
• Dependant leave up to 5 days full pay per year
• We’re proud to support employee wellbeing with a dedicated menopause policy and a culture of open, inclusive support.
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Dental insurance
• Health cash plan
• Personal accident insurance
• Paid volunteer days each year
• Access to professional development and training through our learning platform, Generation Infopro
• Employee recognition programme (Bonusly)

Additional benefits may include options such as adding a partner to gym membership and participating in the Give As You Earn charitable donation scheme.

About Infopro Digital: Risk.net is part of Infopro Digital, a B2B information and technology group operating in 20 countries with around 4,000 employees representing more than 70 nationalities. Infopro Digital connects professional communities through specialist media, data and technology platforms. The group’s brands operate across five key sectors: construction and public sector, automotive, industry, risk and insurance, and retail. Our products and services help decision-makers access the information they need to develop their businesses and improve performance.

Equal opportunities: Infopro Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to employees and job applicants. We do not discriminate, either directly or indirectly, on the basis of any protected characteristic or other characteristic protected by law. As part of our commitment to fair recruitment, we monitor diversity across our applicant pool. You may therefore be asked to complete equal opportunities questions as part of the application process. Providing this information is voluntary. The data is collected anonymously, stored separately from your application and used only for statistical monitoring. It will not be seen by anyone involved in the hiring process.