Senior Software Engineer Data Platform

Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in analytics insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape.

For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the worlds most influential energy producers utilities companies financial institutions and governments.

Now with the worlds energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before sector-specific views are no longer enough. Thats why weve redefined whats possible with Intelligence Connected.

By fusing our unparalleled proprietary data with the sharpest analytical minds all supercharged by Synoptic AI we deliver a clear interconnected view of the entire value chain. Our trusted team of 2700 experts across 30 countries breaks siloes and connects industries markets and regions across the globe.

This empowers our customers to identify risk sooner spot opportunities faster and recalibrate strategy with confidence whether planning days weeks months or decades ahead.

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• Inclusive we succeed together
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• Customer committed we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused we accelerate change
• Curious we turn knowledge into action

About Us:

Wood Mackenzie is a global leader in data analytics providing insights and analysis on the worlds natural resources. We are developing a next-generation data analysis and visualization platform to help our customers make billion-dollar decisions and accelerate the global transition to a sustainable future.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with extensive years of experience to join our Data Platform this role you will design develop and maintain systems and infrastructure that support our cutting-edge data platform. You will collaborate across teams contributing to the technical evolution of our platform while ensuring scalable resilient and secure solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop maintain and enhance systems and infrastructure through IaaC for the Data Platform especially for the team responsible for metadata management.

• Collaborate with multiple teams to solve complex technical problems particularly around Python AWS and CI/CD pipelines.

• Build web-based applications support microservices and deploy them in cloud environments with a focus on data platform infrastructure.

• Contribute to engineering initiatives and guide technical adoption across teams using the Data Platform.

• Implement modern software engineering practices including test automation architectural principles and best practices for data platform development.

• Ensure solutions are scalable resilient and secure.

• Work closely with technical leadership to drive the technical evolution of the Data Platform.

• Enable other teams to adopt new platform capabilities through collaboration and knowledge sharing.

About You:

• Have strong experience in Python and AWS including CI/CD Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC).

• Solid experience in web-based application development microservices architecture and cloud deployment.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams.

• Deep understanding of modern software engineering principles and practices applied to data platforms.

• Experience with developing scalable resilient and secure systems.

• Recognizes the importance of people in software development and works effectively with cross-functional teams.

Technical Skillsets:

• We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong expertise in designing and operating scalable AWS-based data and backend platforms. The role requires hands-on proficiency in ECS Terraform-driven infrastructure automation MSK/Kafka SQS FIFO queues Lambda Docker/ECR and Python.

• Candidates with experience in OpenSearch/Elasticsearch AWS Glue S3 Secrets Manager/SSM Parameter Store and Redshift will be preferred.

• Familiarity with CloudFormation Jenkins CI/CD pipelines TypeScript/ and DataHub or modern metadata/data catalog platforms will be considered a strong plus.

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