Data Engineer - Audience Measurement

Salary: £33,000 - 51,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive data engineering experience building robust, scalable data pipelines using modern cloud providers, ideally GCP.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, with a focus on decoupled, testable functions and clear data contracts.
• Experience with or strong interest in serverless and event-driven architectures, including managed workflow services and data-event triggers.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems using parity testing and incremental routing patterns.
• Hands-on experience packaging runtimes into portable containers and provisioning cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Experience working with wider teams of product managers, data scientists, engineers, and non-technical staff.

Responsibilities:

• Develop robust, scalable data pipelines and optimise data storage solutions on GCP.
• Implement ETL processes and CI/CD pipelines to ensure clean, structured data is ready for use.
• Work with data scientists to integrate synthetic models into production environments and provide guardrails and advice as they develop.
• Provide technical support, troubleshoot issues, and research new technologies to enhance capabilities.
• Document pipelines and the platform, including architectures and user guides, and help enforce data management standards.
• Engage in DataOps practices and improve data delivery performance.
• Partner with data scientists on model productionisation and establish clear data contracts and shared standards.
• Work within an agile framework, participate in agile ceremonies, and provide occasional client interaction.
• Provide technical advice and guidance for internal teams and occasionally clients.
• Explain complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences.
• Support the architectural direction set out by the Lead Data Engineer.
• Foster a culture of incremental improvement.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Cloud
• ETL
• GCP
• Support
• Python
• Serverless
• AWS
• Backend
• NoSQL
• Pulumi
• Terraform

More:

We are Ipsos, one of the worlds largest research companies and the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. We operate in 90 markets and bring together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts to deliver top-quality research and insights for more than 5,000 clients worldwide. This is a Data Engineer role within our Audience Measurement team, working on technical evolution of our data platforms in a hybrid setup with 3 days per week in the office or with clients. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection, life assurance, health and wellbeing support, financial benefits, and professional development opportunities. We are committed to equality, inclusion, flexible working, and an accessible recruitment process, and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

last updated 34 week of 2026