Data Engineer & Tracking Lead (6 month FTC)
Posted 2 weeks ago by Ooni
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Engineer & Tracking Lead role at Ooni is a 6-month hybrid contract based in Edinburgh, focusing on establishing a robust data foundation for the company. The position involves leading technical efforts internally and collaborating with an external agency of data engineers to ensure optimal data capture and compliance. The successful candidate will work closely with a small internal data and analytics team to enhance data quality and infrastructure. This role is pivotal during a busy period for Ooni, which has seen significant growth since its inception.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary technical reviewer and internal authority for the external agency (4 engineers).
- Advise on architectural standards for code quality, dbt modelling, and documentation.
- Streamline the hand-off process between agency development and internal business requirements.
- Audit and "stress-test" the end-to-end data flow to ensure stability during high-traffic periods.
- Implement automated data quality tests to catch anomalies in real-time before they impact business reporting.
- Set up proactive monitoring for website tracking to identify broken data layers or tag fires.
- Maintain and optimise the dbt project, ensuring models are performant and the data dictionary is clear.
- Manage Fivetran ETL processes and advise on cost-optimisation during high-volume periods.
- Ensure all tracking and storage protocols remain strictly GDPR compliant.
Key Skills:
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and BigQuery (GCP).
- Deep experience with dbt.
- Deep understanding of Google Tag Manager (GTM) and GA4 architecture.
- Proficiency in Python for scripting and a solid grasp of Git/GitHub workflows.
- Ability to manage an external team, set high standards, and balance engineering rigour with business needs.
- Experience with using AI tooling (such as Claude) to help non-technical stakeholders self-serve and get answers to their data questions (desirable).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Description Job Title: Data Engineer & Tracking Lead (6-Month Contract) Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid)
Since launching the world’s first portable wood-pellet pizza oven in 2012, Ooni has grown into an award-winning, multinational company with a product range loved by pizza makers all over the globe. Our mission has always been to design innovative products that spark joy in our customers, and whilst we’re incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished so far - we’re only just getting started . Ooni is gearing up for our busiest time of year, and we need a heavy-hitting Data Engineer and Tracking Lead to join us for a 6-month contract to ensure our data foundation is solid. You will be the internal technical lead, laying the foundations for the end-to-end health of our data, from the moment a user clicks on our website to the final output in our BI tooling - ensuring we are capturing and storing data optimally and compliantly. This is a "Founding Engineer" style role - and while you will be the only data engineer internally, you won't be working in a vacuum - you will collaborate daily with our tight-knit internal data and analytics team, consisting of two Data Analysts, an FP&A Manager, and a Product Manager, as well as being the technical lead for our long standing external agency of 4 data engineers. Alongside this data and analytics group, you will have a tight network of data-savvy stakeholders which you will collaborate with on each project. This is a hybrid 6 month fixed-term contract , with 2 days per week in our office in Edinburgh.
Key Responsibilities
- Agency Technical Leadership
- Act as the primary technical reviewer and internal authority for our external agency (4 engineers).
- Advise on architectural standards for code quality, dbt modelling, and documentation.
- Streamline the hand-off process between agency development and internal business requirements.
- Quality Assurance
- Audit and "stress-test" our end-to-end data flow to ensure stability during high-traffic periods.
- Implement automated data quality tests to catch anomalies in real-time before they impact business reporting.
- Work with the wider team to set up proactive monitoring for website tracking to identify broken data layers or tag fires.
- Data Infrastructure & Cost Optimisation
- Work with our external agency to maintain and optimise our dbt project, ensuring models are performant and the data dictionary is clear.
- Manage Fivetran ETL processes and advise on cost-optimisation during high-volume periods.
- Ensure all tracking and storage protocols remain strictly GDPR compliant.
Essential Skills & Experience Requirements
The Stack:
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and BigQuery (GCP).
- You must have deep experience with dbt.
- Tracking Mastery:
- Deep understanding of Google Tag Manager (GTM) and GA4 architecture; you understand how a website change impacts downstream data.
- Technical Breadth:
- Proficiency in Python for scripting and a solid grasp of Git/GitHub workflows.
- Pragmatic Oversight:
- Ability to manage an external team, set high standards, and balance engineering rigour with business needs.
Desirable Skills & Experience
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with using AI tooling (such as Claude) to help non-technical stakeholders self-serve and get answers to their data questions.
Why Ooni?
When you join one of our global teams, you’re joining a dedicated group of do-ers who value Kindness, Passion, Innovation, Ambition and Rigor above all else. We live, work and play by these values and are proud of what we’ve built here.