Senior Data Engineer

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. With exceptional talent trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform WPP Open we help clients navigate change capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPPs AI-driven media operating unit bringing together media data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence clients see exactly where how and why their media investment is working.

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About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people planet clients and communities. For more information visit .

WPP Media is WPPs global media a world where media is everywhere and in everything we bring the best platform people and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information visit

At WPP Media we believe in the power of our culture and our people. Its what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Medias shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design build and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines and infrastructure primarily using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services like BigQuery and Cloud Storage.
• Develop test and deploy data transformation logic using SQL and DBT (data build tool) to create clean reliable and performant data models.
• Collaborate with analytics product and engineering teams to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Implement and uphold data quality and governance processes to ensure the accuracy consistency and integrity of our datasets.
• Contribute to the execution of the data engineering roadmap by delivering on key initiatives and projects.
• Develop and maintain monitoring for data pipeline performance identifying and resolving issues to ensure data availability and freshness.
• Optimize data pipelines and queries for performance scalability and cost-effectiveness.
• Support data consumers by exposing data through APIs and supporting integrations with analytics and visualization tools like Power BI.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for data pipelines models and processes to support product adoption and team knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment participating in code reviews and sharing your expertise with fellow engineers.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a candidate who can display the following attributes:

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer with a track record of building and maintaining production-level data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with data manipulation languages for complex data transformation and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including services like BigQuery and Cloud Storage.
• Experience with DBT (data build tool) for building modular scalable and testable data models.
• Strong understanding of data modelling concepts data warehousing principles and data integration techniques.
• Proficiency with a programming language such as Python for scripting and data pipeline development.
• Digital advertising familiarity: An understanding of campaign data from platforms like Google Ads Facebook Ads or DSPs is a strong plus.
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills: You can troubleshoot complex data issues and develop robust long-term solutions.
• Excellent collaboration skills: You can communicate effectively and work well in a team-oriented environment with various technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Experience supporting data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI) is desirable.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work and were just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions grow their networks and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins sharing thought leadership and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical group retirement plans vision and dental insurance significant paid time off preferential partner discounts and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when were together fostering creativity collaboration and connection. Thats why weve adopted a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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