Senior Data Engineer

Venatus is an award-winning, global ad-tech platform that connects advertisers to the exclusive audiences of 500+, world renowned gaming and entertainment publishers. We are tech-first. We are gamers. We are the difference makers. Because when it comes to helping the world’s most recognisable brands such as EA, Nintendo and Rovio produce outstanding advertising campaigns, our in-house creative team alongside our direct and programmatic ad-sales have an unrivaled track-record.

Our game-changing investment from leading private equity firm, LivingBridge makes this an exceptionally exciting time to join the company. Venatus has ambitious growth and expansion plans, launching new products and opening even more international offices. London is our HQ with regional offices in Amsterdam, New York, LA, Toronto, Sydney, Seoul and Manila.

Venatus is an extremely ambitious company and we pride ourselves on our open and supportive culture. Our talented employees stay loyal to our business due to the regular learning opportunities and experience of working directly with industry experts. We empower people to succeed, welcoming innovative ideas and ways of working that will ultimately help the business grow. We offer a fluid approach to hybrid working, giving employees the freedom to produce their best work, wherever they are. Joining Venatus is a play for the top. You’ll be challenged in positive ways, learn rapidly and develop a career in one of the most captivating industries in the world. You will be able to develop both professionally and as an individual, carving a career path that engages and excites you.

At Venatus, we’re building the future of adtech, and data is at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our backend development team and play a pivotal role in designing, building, and optimising ETL and streaming data pipelines. You’ll report into our Principal Engineer and work with our frontend and backend engineers to integrate data from diverse sources, supporting analytics, reporting, and decision-making across the business. This role will also help strengthen our business intelligence and AI capabilities, ensuring Venatus remains at the forefront of adtech innovation.

• Contribute to the design and maintenance of scalable, efficient data pipelines and frameworks for end-to-end reporting and analytics.

• Enhance pipelines to generate derived business metrics for real-time monitoring, alerting, and actionable insights.

• Develop data workflows to support AI/ML model creation.

• Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate data from internal and external systems, ensuring compatibility and accuracy.

• Support strategies that maintain the highest levels of data quality and consistency.

• Build proactive monitoring systems to ensure data reliability and identify potential issues.

• Design efficient data storage and retrieval strategies to minimise overhead and maximise performance.

• 5+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role.

• Expertise in data warehousing, orchestration, and architecture.

• Advanced SQL skills with experience in relational databases.

• Strong programming skills in Python (or equivalent languages).

• Hands-on experience developing in Kubernetes environments.

• Proficiency with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.

• Experience with DBT.

• Familiarity with digital advertising technologies.

• Experience with Clickhouse.

• Knowledge of Dagster.

• Experience with Go.

• Competitive base salary dependent on experience

• Flexible working pattern & Summer Hours

• Team building days

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Season Ticket Loan scheme

• Tech Scheme

• Private Health Care

• 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays and your birthday off

• Option to buy and sell annual leave allowance

• Opportunity to make a significant impact in a growing adtech company

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We understand that the best ideas are born from the collaboration of diverse minds, spanning all races, religions, ethnicities, genders and orientations. We are dedicated to making Venatus a safe, happy place to be, allowing everyone to feel comfortable and confident in order to produce their best work. We employ a range of talent that represents the diverse creativity of our industry and we are proud of our growing teams of employees who share these values.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know by emailing [email protected]