Senior Data and ML Engineer

SHREWSBURY, UK
(Hybrid Working - 3 days in the office per week)
A benchmarked salary between£62,950 - £71,450
. Your salary level is determined by skills and experience within our progression framework.

Croud is an independent global media, creative and data agency that helps businesses unlock growth through a Return on Intelligence. Our unique business model brings together in-house expertise and a global network of Intelligent Creative Specialists, enabling us to deliver smarter, more effective solutions for our clients in an increasingly complex and fast-moving marketing landscape.

We work with some of the world’s leading brands to drive sustainable growth, combining specialist expertise, technology and intelligence to deliver better business outcomes.

Our people and culture are central to how we operate. We’re proud to have been named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work for the second year running, as well as Performance Marketing Employer of the Year by PMW.

At Croud, we believe in unlocking potential – elevating our people, our clients and our communities through the power of intelligence, creativity and collaboration.

Our culture is strategically driven and inspired by a shared long-term vision. It is collaborative and connected, with a focus on continuous learning and mutual support.

We are energised by future thinking, driving innovation to achieve better outcomes. We are instinctively generous, actively including and empowering our people. Above all, we are purpose-driven, committed to positively impacting our people, the planet, and our global communities.

We are investing in data, technology and analytics as a strategic priority. The team brings together a number of capabilities that sit within different parts of Croud, into one unit that will drive cutting-edge development in a number of critical areas for the business.

The role sits within the Data Engineering team and reports to the Head of Data Engineering. The team’s remit is to drive innovation & revenue through the development & delivery of revenue-generating/client-facing data engineering solutions used across the agency.

The Senior Data and ML Engineer will be part of a growing team that delivers highly impactful data solutions across our extensive client portfolio and also the agency’s own product offerings. We seek individuals who are proactive, self-starters with a meticulous eye for detail, and who can communicate clearly and effectively across our diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the Head of Data Engineering in delivering data engineering solutions by actively contributing to technical decision-making and execution.

• Ownership of project implementation to successfully deliver client solutions and services in collaboration with junior team members.

• Championing data, software engineering and data security best practices and helping and mentoring the team to implement and uphold those practices.

• Solutioning client deliverables.

• Communicating effectively with clients to discuss project progress and details as required.

• Being a key contributor in the implementation and maintenance of Data Ops and governance policies, processes, and standards.

• Hands-on involvement in data integrations, warehousing, automation and related engineering tasks.

• Overseeing the deliveries across multiple clients and assuring that the solutions meet the highest quality achievable within the project constraints.

• Research and Development on the possible technologies and help the team and clients adopt those where appropriate.

• Highlight risks and produce effective mitigation plans to address them.

• Contributing to new business and cross-sell…