Lead Data Products Engineer

Our Energy Products practice are looking for an experienced Lead Data Products Engineer to join the team. 

Baringa are world leaders in modelling energy markets and using the insights generated through these models to drive change in a decarbonising energy industry. The Energy Products practice specialises in the development and innovation of our analytical models and supporting technology ecosystem underpinned by our deep expertise in the energy markets.

Our staff come from diverse backgrounds, based across multiple geographies, and building models that utilise highly varied data sources – everything from kilobytes of academic papers to terabytes of hourly scenario projections for 50+ years. To ensure the ongoing success of our product development and manage the increasing complexity of our models, we are establishing a dedicated Data Products Team to curate, design and evolve the data products that underpin our modelling processes, analytics outputs and client-facing systems — working within our new internal Data and Processing Platform.

Come and join us to be part of the energy transition, the defining challenge of our lifetimes, where your technical skills and experience can have real impact.

What you will be doing

We are looking for a Lead Data Products Engineer to lead the Data Products team, taking on a key role of engaging with Baringa subject matter experts to define, design and evolve data products within our new internal Data and Processing Platform that directly support our modelling processes and client-facing outputs.

• You will build a deep understanding of our data domain, capturing our key data sources, how they flow into modelling processes, and how outputs are used in analytics and client-facing systems to ensure data products are designed to meet real demands
• You will drive the design and development of foundational data products on our new Data Platform, collaborating closely with the Platform team to develop the data capture and transformation processes that produce them
• You will own specific domain data products and their supporting processes, taking responsibility for their ongoing quality, adoption, reliability and evolution to support our modelling and analytics activities
• You will formalise data contracts, owning the schemas, versioning strategy, data governance workflows and supporting backwards compatible interfaces
• You will provide technical leadership to the team alongside the Product Owner, shaping data product design decisions and balancing commercial delivery priorities against long-term strategic goals
• You will drive engineering best practices, ensuring that quality, reliability and observability are built in from inception
• You will take an active role in all stages of the team's agile development approach, from refinement through to delivery, driving the iterative improvement of both our data products and our team processes

Your skills and experience

• You are passionate about data and its real-world application, with a drive to gain a deep understanding of the domain and modelling data products to genuinely serve the people who depend on them
• You will have practical experience as a senior or lead engineer in high-performing teams focused on the design and curation of data products, collaborating closely with domain experts and fellow engineers, and taking pride in what you create
• You are strong at solving complex problems and can flexibly consider different technologies/engineering approaches to achieve this
• You have strong experience working with Python for both Data and Application engineering and understand both domain modelling and application programming
• You have expert knowledge of data management technologies (SQL, NoSQL, Databricks etc.)
• You have familiarity working with modern software engineering tools (Git, CI/CD pipelines), cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure) and Data Lakehouse Architectures
• You have experience of designing and implementing technical data governance strategies with a focus on data quality and discoverable metadata, with practical knowledge of data-mesh or data-product-oriented architectures
• You are passionate about communicating complex concepts succinctly to both technical and non-technical audiences to reach a common understanding
• You have experience working with agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum/Kanban), with an understanding of the key principles that underpin their effective use

We’ve seen research that says some candidates will not apply to a role if they don’t meet every requirement, but please do not let this put you off. If you think you are a good overall match please do get in touch – we look carefully at all applications, and you may well be our ideal candidate.

What a career at Baringa will give you 

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.