Lead Engineer - Java

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern datadriven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail one of the worlds most competitive markets with a deluge of multidimensional data dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world across industries to be Customer First.

dunnhumby employs nearly 2500 experts in offices throughout Europe Asia Africa and the Americas working for transformative iconic brands such as Tesco CocaCola Meijer Procter & Gamble and Metro.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Engineers who will work on developing and optimizing a cuttingedge measurement platform for retail media. In this pivotal role you will be required to work closely with team and develop scalable API systems and realtime data processing solutions driving technological advancements in our retail media ecosystem. Youll collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams to translate complex requirements into actionable strategies mentor talented engineers and shape our technical roadmap. Your expertise in API development distributed systems and realtime data processing will be crucial in guiding our engineering efforts to deliver highperformance secure and reliable services that leverage stateoftheart technologies for processing and delivering multimedia content in realtime. Your strong technical acumen and strategic thinking will be essential in fostering a culture of innovation and ensuring the successful delivery of highquality products that meet our business objectives in the fastpaced retail media landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to a team of engineers in designing developing and maintaining a highperformance measurement platform for retail media
• Develop scalable APIs and realtime data processing solutions
• Collaborate with crossfunctionalteams to translatebusiness requirements into technical specifications
• Implement best practices for code quality testing and deployment in Java
• Mentor and develop team members fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trendsin retail media andJava

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Experience: 10 years of handson experience in data engineering including designing and managing realtime processing platforms.
• Strong expertise in Java and related technologies but open to work on dotnet framework
• Proven experience in developing scalable APIs and realtime data processing systems
• Strong background in Apache Kafka and distributed systems
• Proven experience in applying domaindriven design to drive architecture and microservices domains
• Experience in developing cloudnative applications
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms microservices and eventdriven architecture
• Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problemsolving abilities and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in retail media or adtech industry
• Familiarity with big data technologies and stream processing frameworks like Apache Beam Flink
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes)

What you can expect from us

We wont just meet your expectations. Well defy them. So youll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package youd expect from a leading technology company. But also a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus thoughtful perks like flexible working hours and your birthday off.

Youll also benefit from an investment in cuttingedge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble smallbusiness feel that gives you the freedom to play experiment and learn.

And we dont just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network dh Proud dh Family dh One and dh Thrive as the living proof. We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please let us know how we can make this process work best for you. For an informal and confidential chat please contact to discuss how we can meet your needs.

Our approach to Flexible Working

At dunnhumby we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

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