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Ubiquity is more than a publisher – we're also engineering new technology that will change and improve the future of research communications worldwide. We're a dynamic and idealistic company and can offer the combined excitement and advantages of working on difference-making and ethical products in open science, and of working for a rapidly-growing company.
We have a wide focus: from supporting open access university publishing and infrastructure, including research data and software, to solutions for the developing world. Headquartered in London, with a distributed workforce in North America and Europe, Ubiquity offers an open and supportive environment where staff are encouraged to grow and develop. We are part of the Paradigm Publishing Services arm of De Gruyter Brill.
Location: UK, remote or office-based (Aldgate/Whitechapel, London)
Salary: Up to £37,500.
As a Data Engineer in the Operations team, you'll be responsible for building, maintaining, and running reusable metadata and file migration workflows for repositories journals, presses, and conferences moving to Ubiquity’s platform. You'll create and automate ETL pipelines, develop custom content reports, and support data-driven activities across the company. This role offers the opportunity to work with a dynamic team and make a significant impact on how our data is managed and leveraged to drive decision-making.
Data Migration: Develop and maintain workflows for migrating metadata from repository, press, and journal platforms to Ubiquity's platform, ensuring high quality and data fidelity ("no metadata left behind!").
ETL Pipelines: Create and automate ETL pipelines to create datasets for external distribution.
Custom Reporting: Generate and automate content reports for internal and external stakeholders (account managers, journal editors-in-chief, press managers, repository managers, conference organisers) to provide insights into content workflow progression, usage, and progress against platform KPIs.Metrics and Analytics: Produce metrics reports and analyse data to glean insights that support company goals and objectives, including leveraging generative AI to accelerate insight delivery.
Technical Support: Assist the technical team with data translations and integration of data pipelines.
Continuous Improvement: Keeping up to date with best practices and emerging technologies in the industry, and applying these at Ubiquity
Please send your CV and short covering letter to tom.mowlam@ubiquitypress.com. Successful applicants will be sent a short Python/data engineering test, and invited for online interviews which will include discussion about their approach to resolving the test.