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Salary
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£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and AKA Europe Limited is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2134 (Programmers and software development professionals, Heavy software engineering, CI/CD, production code focus) or SOC 2139 (Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified., Data platform/DevOps engineering aspects not elsewhere classified). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
An exciting opportunity to join the UK's leading entertainment marketing and advertising agency as a Data Engineer.
AKA is a leading entertainment media agency working with top-tier studios, streaming platforms, and content creators to connect stories with audiences in emotionally resonant and culturally relevant ways. We harness data, creativity, and behavioural insights to shape the future of entertainment.
Salary dependent on experience
Position Overview
We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our Data & Insights Team, initially leading the engineering build of Atlas, AKA's composable customer data platform (CDP). Reporting to the Analytics Engineering Manager and working closely with our Data Scientist, Project Manager & Development Teams you'll own the pipelines, infrastructure and data architecture that turn raw customer signals into a real-time, production-grade platform — from event streaming and identity resolution through to activation and reporting. This is a hands-on build role for someone who wants to own the engineering of a platform from foundations through to go-live, and who is comfortable using modern AI-assisted development tools to move fast without cutting corners.
Key Responsibilities
Lead engineering delivery of Atlas: event streaming infrastructure, schema and taxonomy standards, and the Snowflake data warehouse and dbt transformation pipelines that sit at its core
Design and build production identity resolution pipelines, working closely with the Data Scientist to translate matching logic and statistical models into robust, scalable production code
Own ETL/ELT and reverse-ETL orchestration, ensuring reliable, well-governed data flow from source systems into the warehouse as sync frequency and volume increase
Build and maintain the CI/CD pipelines and engineering practices (with the freelance Lead Developer) that support Atlas's modelling, forecasting and MMM automation
Support productionisation of propensity, forecasting and MMM outputs (e.g. XGBoost, AutoGluon/Chronos, Meridian) built by the Data Scientist, ensuring they run reliably at scale
Implement data governance, monitoring, alerting and incident runbooks appropriate to a real-time platform underpinning live client reporting
Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude, Claude Code) as part of day-to-day engineering practice to accelerate build, testing and documentation
Work with Account Management and client teams to translate engineering constraints and trade-offs into clear, non-technical guidance
Contribute to phase-gated delivery milestones and support wider Data & Insights infrastructure beyond Atlas as priorities evolve
Work within the Data Engineering team's standards and practices set by the Analytics Engineering Manager, contributing to shared documentation, code quality and orchestration standards across client data pipelines beyond Atlas
Minimum Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience
3+ years' experience as a Data Engineer, with strong, demonstrable proficiency in Python for building and maintaining data pipelines
Experience with dbt or equivalent transformation frameworks, and with ETL/ELT tools such as Fivetran or Airbyte
Experience designing and operating production data pipelines, including CI/CD practices for data and ML workflows
Strong engineering fundamentals: version control, testing, monitoring and documentation
Comfortable working directly with AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of the standard development workflow
Nice to have
Experience building or supporting identity resolution / customer data platform (CDP) infrastructure, including deterministic or probabilistic matching pipelines
Experience with event streaming architectures (e.g. real-time ingestion, sub-second/sub-minute latency pipelines)
Exposure to productionising machine learning or forecasting models (e.g. XGBoost, AutoGluon, Meridian, Robyn) built by data scientists Experience with reverse ETL and activation into media, CRM or ESP platforms
Hands-on experience with Snowflake (warehouse design, performance and cost optimisation, security/governance)
Data visualisation experience within Tableau or similar
Experience working in or with entertainment/media companies
Proficiency in using project management tools such as Asana
Comfortable communicating technical concepts and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
Other Duties as Assigned
AKA is a fluid organisation and advertising is a fast moving and rapidly changing business; as such you may be required to undertake duties which are in line with the general purpose of this job description, but which are not specifically referred to. Some out of hours working (evenings and weekends) are occasionally required to ensure that time-sensitive social activity is delivered when required. This includes but is not limited to theatrical press nights, gallery openings, client and industry events etc.
Benefits
25 days holiday
‘Telus Health’ EAP scheme for you and your family. Giving you access to free independent advice on Life, Health, Family, Money and Work matters
Holiday Buy Back
Gym Discounts
Friends & Family Theatre Ticket
New Business Incentives
Recruitment Incentives
Pension Scheme
Interest Free Travel Loan
Ride to Work Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Death in Service
Flexible/Hybrid Working
Critical Illness
Enhanced Parental Leave
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