We are looking for a Lead MLOps Data Engineer to join our eCommerce Data team at NEXT. Based from NEXT Head Office in Leicestershire with a competitive salary range and great benefits.
Let's talk numbers. When it comes to UK retail, it's hard to find a bigger name. We sell thousands of items an hour and are expanding our e-commerce business by the second. For anyone in Tech, this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive.
eCommerce Data provides the department and the business the means to see what is working and what is not by drawing data and analysing patterns of shopping on our site and in general.
About the role
As a Lead MLOps Data Engineer within the eCommerce Data team at NEXT your role will involve building and maintaining robust data pipelines and deploying machine learning models into production. You will work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and IT teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of data and machine learning systems. What else is involved?
Data Engineering
Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data platforms.
Collaborate with data scientists to understand data requirements and provide necessary data infrastructure.
Manage and optimize databases and data warehouses for performance and scalability.
MLOps
Develop algorithms and models to solve specific problems.
Train and fine-tune models using large datasets.
Implement machine learning pipelines and workflows.
Optimize models for performance and scalability.
Collaborate with data scientists to translate prototypes into production-ready solutions.
Monitor and maintain deployed models to ensure they perform as expected.
You'll be doing all this from our Enderby, Leicestershire Head Office. Our offices are inspiring, yes. But we understand that life happens. So, we're big on making sure your work, works for you which is why we offer flexible working - 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home.
Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before.
What we're looking for
Strong knowledge of Python, Spark and SQL and experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
Knowledge of data preprocessing and feature engineering.
Advanced expertise in Spark to be able to scale data science models on large datasets efficiently while keeping cloud costs down.
Experience with machine learning frameworks such as MLFlow, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
Understanding of CI/CD tools and practices for machine learning.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
So if you have proven experience within Data Engineering and Data Science, great communication skills and the ability to translate business needs to technical requirements for building data engineering solutions, this is the place for you - and your career.
Benefits
Competitive salary band of £64,000 - £74,000
Flexible working
Annual company performance based bonus
Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in NEXT and claim your share of our success
Annual Pay Reward
Pension 3% Employer/ 5% Employee
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (can also buy/sell up to 3 days)
25% staff discount and free next day delivery to desk for online purchases
A newly refurbished subsidised restaurant and bar
Staff shops in Yorkshire and Leicestershire
Juice bar and coffee shop
Gympass - discounted gym membership
Free company bus service to and from Leicester city centre and other areas
Onsite nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester
A digital GP healthcare service
& loads more.
The business
You know NEXT, but did you know we're a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 43,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We're the UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we're the market leader. At the last count, we have over 500 stores, plus NEXT Online and it's now possible to buy online from over 70 countries around the world.