Data Engineer

About elm

elm is a suite of software products built for the FMCG industry. We help brands consolidate and make sense of sales, marketing, supply chain, and financial data focused around retail and FMCG.

We’re a small team of data experts with experience growing both FMCG and tech brands. Our founders, Cian and Emily, are both ex-early Uber employees and have worked at high-growth consumer brands including Lucky Saint and Edgard & Cooper.

This is a chance to become one of the first 10 hires at a startup that already has 150+ subscribing organisations, and is growing 60%+ year on year. You’ll also have the opportunity for meaningful equity.

We currently have three revenue-generating products and will be launching our most exciting product since inception in 2026. This role will play a key part in the go-to-market for that launch too.

The role

We’re looking for a data engineer/scientist to join our small and growing team to continue building our data processes and help build our product further. As part of the data team at elm you can expect to own large parts of the data product, learn fast and grow as elm does, and work directly with large customers directly on their most exciting opportunities.

What you'll do:

- Support with internal data processes and take the lead on ensuring all data connections are live and active

- Develop new data features and improve existing ones to help FMCG brands harness their data

- Develop internal tools and processes to ensure data infrastructure is working to its utmost capability

- Work with extensive datasets in the retail sector to create and implement data science solutions for the industry

- Help users solve issues and respond to their feedback

- Work alongside our engineering, product, and sales teams to develop and implement data products

About you

- Ideally 1+ year of experience in data engineering or data science

- You’re very well-versed in SQL and Python

- You have experience working with data systems and architecture such as AWS, DBT, or similar

- You're confident both getting stuck in with data processes and tasks but also thinking strategically about how data can help drive businesses forward

- You’re well organised and a strong communicator

- Self-motivated, ambitious, and excited by startup environments

What we offer

- £40k starting salary

- Share options, so you can own a part of elm

- Flexible working; we trust you to do your job well, wherever and whenever you work best

- Ownership and real opportunity to shape your career and grow with us

- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus a two-week Christmas office closure

- Gym in the office

- Paid sabbatical after 4 years

- Yearly residential offsite

- Regular socials with the London team

- Team lunch out for every record month (we’ve had three in the past six months)

We’re flexible on working location, but we’re a London-based company. The ideal candidate will either live in London or be able to travel here regularly.

What to expect working at elm

- Flexible working and autonomy

- Genuine ownership and progression

- A small, ambitious team building something meaningful in FMCG tech

You can learn more about us at [getelm.co](

A little about the application process

1. Application review

2. Phone or zoom interview

3. Practical exercise (2-3 hours of your own time at most)

4. Further team interviews

5. Final discussion / offer