data engineer Heathrow, England
Job description
This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else
The Role
We are looking for a Software Engineer interested in developing new modern applications for data processing and analysis, in a cloud native AWS platform.
Who we’re looking for
You have been working for two years or more with Python, preferably with libraries like NumPy and pandas. This could either be as a Software Engineer, Data Engineer or Data Scientist or you may have relevant work experience or education. Our application runs on AWS, any experience with Cloud hosting and AWS is also desirable, as is experience with frontend development. We actively support skills development in the team and through online training via A Cloud Guru and Pluralsight.
What you will be doing
We work with binary flight data, real time maintenance records and other data sources; to provide tools and information to enable effective troubleshooting of aircraft performance issues. Our backend is based on microservices written in python running on AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate (Containers), we use an Angular to build our frontend applications. Data communication between AWS and Angular is done via a REST API. As part of this role, you will be working on across the tech stack to develop and improve all aspects of the applications based on feedback from the teams and your own ideas.
Languages and libraries we use:
- Python 3.8+, TypeScript 4.9+ and Angular 16+
- NumPy, pandas, SciPy
AWS / Cloud technologies and services:
- Lambda (or serverless functions)
- Fargate (container workloads/Docker)
- DynamoDB (NoSQL)
- Aurora (PostgreSQL)
- API Gateway
- Glue & Athena
You are a self-starter, motivated to learn and develop in the role, able to work on your own initiative but also work well in a small team. You must have good problem-solving skills; be able to ask questions, imagine solutions, and plan designs. You are also able to make improvements to solutions after testing them.
If you are a self-motivated engineer with a passion for aviation, we invite you to be part of our team.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity at British Airways. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.
