Job Title:  Data Engineer

Salary:  £38,900 – £50,600

Location:  Cambridge, Hybrid (2-3 days per week in the office)

Contract:  Full time (35 hours per week), Permanent

Are you a skilled Data Engineer passionate about building scalable data pipelines? Do you thrive on optimising data workflows to power AI-driven assessment solutions and learning innovations? If so, we want to hear from you!

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. Our Applied AI team is looking for a talented Data Engineer to help develop the data infrastructure that powers cutting-edge educational solutions.

In this role, you will be instrumental in building and maintaining the data infrastructure that supports machine learning models and analytics. Your expertise will help drive efficiency, scalability, and innovation in AI-enhanced education.

About the role

As a Data Engineer, you will:

• Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines which support AI-driven assessment solutions
• Develop and optimise ETL/ELT processes for ingesting, transforming and storing structured and unstructured data
• Collaborate with Applied AI colleagues, data scientists, and product teams to define data requirements and implement effective solutions
• Ensure data quality, validation, and governance through best practices in metadata management and lineage tracking

About you

You are passionate about data engineering excellence and are skilled at turning complex data requirements into clear, efficient and scalable solutions.

Essential Qualifications & Skills:

• A degree in computing, engineering, science or social science with a strong analytical focus
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, along with experience in developing ETL frameworks
• Experience in developing and maintaining data pipelines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• The ability to work effectively in an Agile environment and stay up to date with emerging data engineering technologies

Desirable:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for managing cloud resources
• Familiarity with Apache Spark, Airflow or equivalent
• Working knowledge of data modelling, schema design and data warehouse architecture

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 4^th April, although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place on weeks commencing 7^th and 14^th April.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.”

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. 

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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