Pirical is a fast-growing SaaS Startup that is pioneering the field of People Analytics. We are on a mission to improve diversity and equality in the workplace. We do this by empowering companies to make fairer and better decisions about their people, helping our customers answer tough people strategy questions like: ‘How can we achieve 30% of women in leadership by 2030?’ or ‘How can we eliminate bias in the recruitment process?’. This is enabled by our innovative knowledge management systems and data automation techniques.
We are an organically grown business of nearly 50 exceptionally talented team members, and we already have some of the world’s leading law firms as our clients both here in the UK and the US. In the last 5 years, we have increased revenue year on year, created two flagship products, and become the market leader in our industry working with all 5 magic circle firms, but we are not stopping there.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE…

• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience working with at least two of Python, Pandas, SQL, and Excel/Google Sheets
• You have a track record of coaching junior engineers and have aspirations to lead a team.
• You have an engineering mindset, enjoy proactively initiating problem solving discussions, and proactively solving problems and implementing future-proof solution
• You own and drive your work and can balance conflicting priorities
• You have an engineering mindset, enjoy proactively initiating problem solving discussions, and proactively solving problems and implementing future-proof solutions
• You have a good eye for detail and feel satisfied when things are tidy & organised
• You understand the value data can bring if effectively handled and transformed
• You are a team player and want to achieve results of high standards

THE ROLE…

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team and lead the way in delivering excellence across all our data practices. You’ll play a key role in modernising our data infrastructure, improving our pipelines, and setting the standard for technical best practices. This is an ideal role for someone who is driven by impact, loves solving problems, and is passionate about mentoring others.
You’ll work on Pirical On Demand, our people analytics platform, alongside a hungry, ambitious team of junior data engineers. We’re looking for someone who can lead by example, supporting the team with code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching, while driving innovation in how we build and maintain data pipelines.
Our team is hybrid, with 2-3 days a week in our Shoreditch office. We value learning and growth, and you’ll be at the heart of a collaborative, mission-driven environment that supports both.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES…

Technical Leadership

• Act as a technical role model - setting best practices for coding, architecture design, and data engineering.
• Provide coaching for the team - 1:1s, pair programming calls, showcases
• Conduct code reviews to ensure high quality engineering practices
• Support the team in deliveries and maintenance

Data pipeline development and optimisation

• Operate, maintain and improve pipelines to bring more automation and quality checks.
• Investigate and resolve issues in our data pipelines efficiently and quickly.
• Work closely with our clients to troubleshoot their data problems.
• Design scalable and resilient data architectures and solution designs to improve our POD data pipelines.
• Define best practices for data modeling, storage, and retrieval and improve existing processes.
• Work to increase efficiency and accuracy of refreshes and onboardings