The Data Platform team is responsible for building infrastructure, services and tooling to support data engineering and data discovery. We look to deliver a robust and reliable platform that meets our users' requirements, while also testing out new and emerging technologies to add to our stack. Key to the team's mentality is continuously making improvements, automation of processes, using metadata to drive optimization and help other data teams to get stuff done.
You will have the opportunity to play a part in a wide array of projects rooted in DAZN's unique and exciting data, whilst demonstrating?ground-breaking tools and techniques that support our ambitious plans for product development and the company's rapid global growth to change the way the world watches sport!
Some of the latest Data Engineering projects include:
· Move existing services & pipelines to Kubernetes
· Improve existing services and add new ones to the Data Platform
· Delivering a data discovery and metadata engine
· Building out an "exchange layer" to securely move data to other data platforms
If you are interested in building a modern data platform and are interested in joining the DAZN journey, then we would love to hear from you.
As a Data Platform Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to:
Help shape the future of the Data Platform that we are building
Lead the design and implementation of new platform feature & data products that will improve the experience of people working with data at DAZN
Work on tooling for our Data Engineering teams, to automate tasks and make it easier for them to deliver value from our data
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of our engineering processes, standards and documentation
Mentor junior engineers and help them develop their skills
You will be set up for success if you have:
Several years of experience as a Platform or Data Engineer, writing clean, robust and testable code, preferably in Python, whether functional or object-oriented
Strong understanding of cloud-vendor technologies, such as AWS, GCP or Azure
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD processes
Working knowledge of SQL and knowledge of Data Warehousing concepts
Working experience with open-source orchestration tools like Airflow
Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes and/or streaming technologies such as Kinesis, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka
Even better if you have:
Experience using AWS services, such as S3, Lambda, IAM, EMR, EKS, Firehose and EventBridge
Experience working on Terraform for cloud infrastructure management.
Experience working on MPP Databases like Snowflake, Redshift
Experience working with Apache Spark
Worked with Data Lake Table Formats such as Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake
Hands-on knowledge of building data pipelines, either batch, event-driven or streaming
Familiarity with dbt, data modelling and data quality testing
Experience in implementation/productionize open-source tools.
Don't worry if you've not done all the above before – if you have some relevant experience, we'd still love to talk to you.
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team,you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
DAZN VALUES – THE 'HOW' IN WHAT WE DO:
AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward.
INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business. People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things.
PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it. People who love what they do and show commitment every day.
BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results.
SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals. People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers. People who consider others before making decisions.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.
If you'd like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.