We are looking for an experienced backend Software Engineer with a strong background in data science projects and backend development, particularly in Python and related technologies. The ideal candidate will drive the development of innovative applications to support digital marketing initiatives, leveraging data from various media platforms. In this role, you will build, clean, and label data pipelines and use the processed data to enable performance reporting, predictive modeling, and advanced AI use cases. You will also lead development efforts in various exciting AI-powered applications which are in our roadmap for 2025.

Key Responsibilities :

- Architect and implement scalable applications that ingest and clean data from APIs of digital marketing platforms.

- Design and build systems for labeling, categorizing, and cleaning data, enabling it to power performance dashboards and AI models.

- Lead the development of predictive models for media spend forecasting as part of an MVP, with plans to expand into other AI-based modules.

- Collaborate with data science teams to develop GPT-powered models for digital marketing performance enhancement.

- Develop AI-driven tools that are aimed to drive efficiency or performance

- Create powerful pipelines to help create dashboards to present key insights from processed data.

- Own the end-to-end solution design, ensuring robustness, scalability, and alignment with business goals.

Qualifications :

- 7+ years of experience as a backend developer with a focus on data science, AI projects, and backend systems development.

- 5+ years of experience in programming expertise in Python and familiarity with related languages such as Java or Scala.

- Hands-on experience working with APIs, data pipelines, and cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

- Demonstrable understanding of machine learning, predictive modeling, and AI technologies.

- Experience building and deploying models for forecasting, performance reporting, and AI-driven applications.

- Familiarity with computer vision techniques and OCR for transforming image-based data into structured formats.

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to design scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have :

- Experience working in the digital marketing domain.

- Familiarity with GPT-based models and natural language processing (NLP) applications.

What youll get :

Our people make us who we are, so to make sure we attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry, we offer an attractive benefits package. Of course, we offer the usual perks you would expect from a leading agency (stylish office, tick! Pool table, tick! Friday beers, tick! Daily breakfast and fruit, tick!).

But not only that, we are the UKs first carbon neutral agency (a status we have held since 2018), with a serious commitment to monitoring and reducing the impact our work has on the planet across three core sustainability pillars of Greenhouse Gases, Waste & Recycling and Sustainable Consumption.

Then theres a whole host of benefits from discounted gym memberships and free eye tests to an employee pension scheme and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption package. Heres a snapshot of just some of the benefits we think you might also like :

- Dynamic working : To keep that work-life harmony in check, we're flexible on where and when you work

- Above-statutory employers pension contribution : It matters, so we make sure its done properly.

- Private medical insurance : To keep you fighting fit and give you and your family peace of mind.

- Life assurance and income protection : We know it feels good to be covered, just in case.

- Calm Subscription : Now more than ever, its important to mind your mind!

- 25 days annual leave : This increases to 27 days after three years with us, and then increases every subsequent year up to a max. of 30 days

- Christmas closure : No need to save holiday days for the Christmas closure period. It's on us!

- Birthdays off : One extra day to celebrate your big day

- Summer hours : Between June and Aug we finish at 15.00 every Friday.

- Online coaching : Unlimited coaching via OpenUP

- Remote Working : Work abroad for up to one month a year.

- Bonus : Annual bonus paid on delivering above baseline target 50% of all profit goes to bonus pot and is uncapped.

- Performance & Salary : Reviewed twice a year for everyone.

Finally, were proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way, regardless of their age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status and marital & civil partnership status