Data Developer

Job Profile
Hybrid Role
Trading since 1989, e.surv Chartered Surveyors is the UK's number one residential surveyor and the largest provider of property risk expertise and residential surveying services. To put it into numbers, we complete more than one property inspection every 12 seconds and employ over 600 surveyors from Lands End to John OGroats and Northern Ireland. This gives us the flexibility to offer nationwide coverage combined with invaluable local knowledge.
We're part of the LSL Property Services Group PLC, which includes household names Your Move and Reeds Rains as well as the mortgage network PRIMIS. We work with lenders, intermediaries, social housing entities and estate agents in addition to private customers.
This is an exciting time to be joining the Data and Analytics team, where we truly believe in the value of being a Data driven organisation.

We are searching for a good communicator and facilitator, capable of understanding and refining descriptions into actionable stories with very good stakeholder management skills.
Main Accountabilities:
Build a centralised data store for the data science team.
Set up Airflow or an alternative tool.
Push existing development ETL pipelines to production.
Ingesting and processing new datasets from various sources (including web scraping) and varying formats (including JSON and HTML) in the ETL.
Extracting meaningful information from lengthy text fields (advanced string manipulation is enough).
Help improve in-house address matching algorithm.
Reporting on ETL outputs.
Additional support for the data science team.
Experience, Qualifications and other requirements specific to the role
Experience developing and maintaining complex data pipelines. Familiar with relevant tools (e.g. Airflow, SSIS).
Strong Python programming skills.
Excellent SQL skills; experience with PostgreSQL.
Familiarity with data warehousing and cloud platforms (e.g. Azure).
Knowledge of big data technologies.
Knowledge of optimising data processes and infrastructure for efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
Experience with property data is a bonus.
Geospatial experience is a bonus.
Values and Behaviours
Delivering what we promise, when we promise it - Maintains focus on achieving and exceeding targets through tenacity and dedication to the role.
Putting our customers and their needs first - Demonstrates a quality work ethic, delivering results consistently and accurately and responding to requests respectfully, politely, and professionally at all times.
Taking an honest approach to business - Is clear, accountable, reliable, knowledgeable, and direct.
Listening, learning, and finding better ways to make a difference - Looks for opportunities to improve business processes by collaborating with others; is receptive to change.
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