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Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

The Platform Team at Experian is looking for an Engineering Manager with expertise in batch compute platform and AWS cloud infrastructure, with experience managing and scaling a globally distributed engineering team. This role requires experience in distributed computing, cloud infrastructure, and job orchestration, as well as a solid understanding of data and analytics engineering principles to ensure seamless integration with broader data platforms.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Provide guidance to the engineering teams on leveraging platform tools, and provide mentorship and professional development opportunities.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of the latest technologies, outside-of-the-box thinking, and teamwork.
• Hire engineering talent and maintain our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Collaborate with and across teams to design, build, and ship great experiences for our customers.
• Lead the platform team in designing and implementing scalable and efficient solutions.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, emphasizing code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of industry trends, experiment with, and learn new technologies.

Your background:

• 8+ years' of overall experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years' of people management experience within an engineering environment.
• Working knowledge of building internal developer platforms, preferably batch or data engineering platforms.
• Working knowledge in building scalable job orchestration for batch, including Step Functions, Airflow DAG, and event-driven.
• Experience with ECS/EKS, Kubernetes, EMR, S3, Lambda, and frameworks like Hadoop, Apache Spark, Hive, and Apache Kafka.
• In-depth understanding of AWS cloud services, security best practices, and cloud design patterns.
• Understanding of continuous integration, delivery, and deployment (CI/CD) practices and frameworks.
• Proficiency in Python or Java for developing job execution frameworks.
• Understanding of observability into APIs and services using tools like Prometheus, Dynatrace, Grafana, and Splunk.
• Knowledge of batch, data, and analytics platforms with the ability to deep dive into any of the domains as needed.
• Working knowledge of any of the cloud provider IaC tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Experience creating, delivering, and operating multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• Working knowledge in Automation Testing – Unit and Integration testing.
• Expertise in end-to-end application architecture and system design.
• Experience in Object-Oriented Design principles and J2EE design patterns.
• Experience in microservices, RESTful APIs and NoSQL Databases, and MQ or Kafka.
• Experience with Java/J2EE technologies and working with the Spring Boot framework.

Benefits/perks:

• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
• Flexible work environment, ability to work remotely, hybrid, or in-office
• Flexible time off, including volunteer time off, vacation, sick, and 12-paid holidays

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2024 (Fortune Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.