Data Engineer (Platform)

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market. 

Data Engineer (Data Platform)

London office / Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

Reporting to: Data Engineering Manager

The Role

Millions of people visit the Rightmove website every month. We have a huge

amount of data about how people use the site, and what this means to our

customers.

You’ll

be

joining

our

growing

Data

Engineer

&

Infrastructure

team

-

a

collaborative, high-performing group of engineers that uses this data to build the

infrastructure that powers the UK’s favourite property site.

In this role, you will work on the systems and infrastructure that ingest, process,

and serve data across Rightmove. This is a hands-on engineering role, where you

will be responsible for the infrastructure, tooling, and best practices that power

our

data

ecosystem,

including

data

ingestion,

orchestration,

storage,

and

developer experience for data producers and consumers.

You will work with a modern GCP based data platform, designing reusable

patterns and tools, writing robust Python and SQL, and deploying infrastructure

with Terraform to ensure our platform and is reliable, secure, and efficient.

This is an opportunity to join an inclusive, tight knit, high calibre engineering

culture. Deepen your technical experience with a modern GCP stack and apply

your data engineering expertise to a platform used by millions every day.

• Design and build data platform infrastructure and internal tooling to
• enable teams to work more effectively with data
• Build and improve reusable batch and real-time data ingestion and processing frameworks that ingest, transform, and serve data across the business
• Manage infrastructure and code deployment with Terraform 
• CI/CD pipelines
• Optimise performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of our data platform
• Promote and practice excellent data and cloud engineering best practices, including testing, documentation, and observability
• Work on complex data challenges, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform evolution
• Collaborate with data product owners and stakeholders to collect and refine data requirements
• Work with engineers, data scientists and analytics teams to enable self-service data workflows and support their use cases

We're Looking For Someone Who

• Has 3-5 years of proven experience in data engineering or data platform engineering within a large-scale, cloud-based data platform
• Has strong Python and SQL programming skills
• Has demonstrable experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS or Azure), and managing infrastructure using Terraform
• Has experience building and orchestrating production-grade data pipelines (ingress/egress)
• Understands data storage and data modelling principles and best practices (e.g., dbt)
• Has experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines for data and infrastructure
• Has experience implementing testing, monitoring, and alerting
• Has knowledge of GDPR and data security best practices
• Communicates well and is comfortable leading and contributing to design decisions and technical discussions
• Is curious, proactive, and enjoys learning about new technologies
• Enjoys collaborating in cross-functional teams

About Rightmove

Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here!  We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• We create value…by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
• We think bigger…by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
• We care deeply…by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
• We move together…by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.
• We make a difference…by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right! 

If all of this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making......

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.

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