Senior Data Engineer

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.

We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.

Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

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Why we're hiring:

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help us take our data capabilities to the next level. You’ll play a central role in building and maintaining the systems that keep our global media ecosystem running ensuring that data is reliable, scalable, and ready to power intelligent decisions across the business.

This is a hands-on role for someone who’s comfortable designing and delivering modern data solutions while influencing how we use data across the company.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build and manage end to end data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes that move data seamlessly across our platforms.

• Develop and maintain data models, warehouses and lakes that serve analytics, reporting and machine learning needs.

• Collaborate closely with analysts, data scientists and product teams to turn complex problems into elegant engineering solutions.

• Build strong data governance and quality frameworks to make sure everything we produce is accurate, consistent and transparent.

• Drive improvements in automation, monitoring, performance and scalability.

• Contribute to long-term architectural decisions and mentor junior engineers across the team.

• Stay curious, explore new tools techniques and technologies that can help us move faster and smarter.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years’ experience in data engineering or a similar role.

• Strong experience with SQL, Python, and cloud-based platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Solid understanding of data modelling, pipelines and orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, or similar).

• Familiarity with modern data ecosystems — e.g. Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery or Redshift.

• Experience working with CI/CD, version control and testing best practices.

• A proactive approach to solving problems and improving systems.

• Excellent communication skills — you can translate technical concepts into language anyone can understand.

• A passion for data and how it can drive better decisions in media, marketing and beyond.

If you are ready to be at the forefront of the AdTech industry, shaping its future, and driving success for both our clients, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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