Heroes is a technology-driven e-commerce company that acquires, operates, and scales small and medium-sized brands with category-winning products on global marketplaces. We focus on Amazon FBA brands with outstanding customer reviews and a proven track record of leading bestseller lists in high-growth niches.
The role
You will be part of a growing engineering department supporting all aspects of the business from a software engineering standpoint. This role will have a strong focus on building a strong data foundation by bringing data from various external and internal endpoints into our analytics environment. Custom web-based applications and services will need to be created to enable business users to better understand complex datasets and drive operational efficiencies.
Responsibilities
- Building connections to various APIs to transfer various types of data to or from our BigQuery analytics environment
- Use advanced SQL skills to represent complex datasets in custom web-based applications
- Taking Python data models created by the data analysts or data scientist and converting them to run in an automated production environment
- Creating custom web-based applications and tools using Python or the PHP framework, Laravel
- Using cloud environments to create and maintain resources such as servers
About you
- 2+ Years of Relevant Experience
- Bachelorâs degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and Python or the PHP framework, Laravel, required.
- Experience with cloud environments such as Google Cloud Platform
- Experience creating systems or environments from scratch to connect to external APIs
- Knowledge and experience working with e-commerce data, especially from Amazon.com is a plus
- Knowledge of git and modern web development practices using Python or the PHP framework, Laravel, required
Benefits
- Attractive share options plan, giving you direct ownership in Heroes and ability to see the direct impact of your contributions
- 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme – contributions into an Aviva pension scheme every month
- Friday pizza and drinks! Wind down with pizza and drinks with your colleagues at the office every Friday
- Weekly football club, with own personalised Heroes football jersey, and a post-match drink at the pub!
- Regular team events, such as team lunches, dinners and parties
- Cycle to Work scheme – save more than 25% on a bike and accessories
- 20% Amazon discount on all of Heroesâ brands. Enjoy some downward dog on one of our yoga mats, or trim your hedges using a pair of our gardening loppers!
- Daily coffee, tea, fresh fruit, and breakfast in the central London office
Heroes is an equal opportunity employer and we are looking to build a diverse, inclusive team. We hire based purely on business need, skillset & competence and do not consider age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships when making hiring decisions.
