Data Engineer - Bristol (Hybrid Working)

Get on board with the fastest-growing cybersecurity company in the UK.

Drive a fast-growing team and help us deliver up-to-the moment content to our customers

Immersive is the leader in people-centric cyber resilience. We help organizations continuously assess, build, and prove their cyber workforce resilience for teams across the entire organization, from front-line cybersecurity and development teams to Board-level executives. We provide realistic simulations and hands-on cybersecurity labs to evaluate individual and team capabilities and decision-making against the latest threats. 

https://www.immersivelabs.com/why-immersive-labs

Where we are now

Immersive was founded in 2017, from a cargo container in Bristol, UK we’ve grown to over 300 employees globally, announced funding of more than £150 million and been voted a Best place to work for the last 3 years running! We are trusted by the world’s largest organizations including KPMG, Sophos and the NHS to measure, map to risk, and optimize the human cyber abilities of their entire workforce.

https://www.immersivelabs.com/company/our-story

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

Data Engineer - Bristol, UK

Due to growth within our Product org, we seek a Data Engineer to join our Engineering team.  This role would suit someone with some experience in Data Engineering that is looking to step up into a more involved role.

As one of our Data Engineers, you’ll be responsible for collaborating with Data Analysts and Analytics Engineers to develop, maintain and refactor customer facing analytical reporting. 

In this role, you will be working as part of a product team and utilise strong technical and communication skills to work cross-functionally to deliver valuable insights to our customers.

We are not just seeking a skillset though - we are looking for someone who will also become an important and vital part of our team, so we seek a driven, curious and collaborative person to become our next colleague

This is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for developing a truly ground breaking SaaS product. If you want to have a large impact and contribute more than just your time, this could be the role for you - at Immersive Labs, we value determination, ingenuity, collaboration and an understanding that unique products require unique technical solutions.

You'll get to work in a friendly multi-disciplinary agile team and also work on innovative ideas regularly during our Hack Weeks, where collaboration between different teams is encouraged to find unique solutions.

Your main responsibilities:

As a Data Engineer within our team, you will play a key role in delivering a critical part of our product. Typical responsibilities could involve;

• Design, build and maintain high quality python applications for customer facing reporting

• Maintain and develop data pipelines to ensure data quality and consistency

• Collaborate closely with analytics engineers to implement data model changes 

• Apply domain knowledge to enable the rest of the business to access the data they need to make informed business decisions

Success in this role will depend most on your approach, underlying skills and potential for growth, even if some of the above would be new to you. You should apply if you have ​​(we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role):

• You are proficient in python programming with experience using Plotly graphing libraries and application development, experience with Flask and SQLAlchemy is a plus

• You have experience following software engineering best practices like version control and continuous integration

• You have strong proficiency using SQL in cloud data warehouses (e.g. BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) and are comfortable with performance optimization, data partitioning, and window functions

It would be advantageous - but not essential - if you had the following experience: 

• Experience with dbt for data transformation layer

• Experience with IaC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation

• Experience with BI tooling such as Power BI or Looker

• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP

Immersive’s growth has been fuelled by our values that underpin everything we do, here's how they relate to this role:

• Driven - We push the boundaries of innovation, acting swiftly to achieve ambitious outcomes. Our drive embodies a culture of ambition, where challenges are stepping stones to excellence.

• Inclusive - Our strength lies in diversity, fostering a culture where every individual contributes to our collective strength. We champion open dialogue and empathy, ensuring a collaborative, inclusive workplace.

• Customer Centric - We seek to develop deep relationships with our customers to help them achieve their business outcomes. We exceed our customers and partners expectations by crafting products, services and experience that surprise, delight and ensuring they feel valued and supported every day.

• One Team - We are a talented global team working together to achieve our vision. Central to our ethos, resilience means adapting and thriving in adversity. It guides our innovation, ensuring we and our clients are prepared for the future.

If you would like to read more about what you can expect from our recruitment process, you can visit our dedicated interview process page.

As well as an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you. We offer an extensive range of benefits so you can do your very best work:

• Time off, flexible and remote working so you can work when is best for you, includes 25 days annual leave +  2 volunteering days and your birthday off

• The longer you are with Immersive, the more holiday days you get, up to a maximum of 30 days after five years of service 

• Look after your family and yourself with enhanced parental leave, mindfulness groups, critical illness cover, 7% matched pension, private healthcare plan and more

• Career and learning development through the platform and our ‘Learn Anything’ fund

• Recognition & Rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviours

• Informal or formal flexible working options, e.g. flexible start and finish times, reduced hours, job share, remote working

• We’re a sociable, tight-knit team with monthly socials, and sports clubs. Our socials have included everything from pottery painting and paper mask making, to movie nights and escape rooms

• When you do visit the UK hub, getting there is easy: we’re based in the centre of Bristol, just a 10 minute walk from the train station. We also offer railcard loan and cycle scheme to buy a new bike

Find out more at https://www.immersivelabs.com/company/careers

Cyber threats wait for no one and neither should you. Apply now!