# Kogan.com Engineering Growth Paths: From Pricing Manager to Data Engineer

DevFeed: [Kogan.com Engineering Growth Paths: From Pricing Manager to Data Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kogan-com-engineering-growth-paths-from-pricing-manager-to-data-engineer-30795.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblog.kogan.com/blog/kogancom-engineering-growth-paths-from-pricing-manager-to-data-engineer>)

Author: Kogan Dev Blog

Published: 2024-07-01T01:36:02Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Kogan.com](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kogan-com.md>)

Topics: [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-engineering.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-engineering.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [learning-growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning-growth.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

Kogan.com describes its engineering growth paths through the internal mobility story of Reuben Orange, who moved from a 10-year career in Purchasing and a pricing manager role into data engineering. The article highlights mentorship, learning, and the use of data querying, Python, infrastructure, tools, and processes in his new work.

## Source excerpt

Committed to learning and continuous improvement, Kogan.com's Engineering team develops its engineering talent through giving and taking responsibility, co-creation, mentorship, and internal mobility opportunities to grow and advance their careers. There are opportunities for Engineers at Kogan.com regardless of background. Some engineers at Kogan.com are Individual Contributors, Tech Leads or People Managers - and engineering growth paths and aspirations are supported throughout their journey. Featured here is Reuben Orange, our latest addition to the team who joined us through Kogan.com's internal mobility program. After a highly successful 10-year journey in the Purchasing team, we were excited to support Reuben's career aspirations and his passion in all things data and software engineering. With an Educational background in Mathematics and extensive experience across various roles within Purchasing, Reuben brings a unique skill set to his new role. Collaborating closely with our Data Engineering and Business Intelligence squad,Reueben plays a crucial role in developing, managing, and optimizing infrastructure, tools, and processes important for meeting Kogan.com's analytics and data requirements. Reuben's wealth of domain experience, coupled with his genuine passion for data and meticulous attention to detail, positions him as an outstanding Data Engineer member to the team. Tell us Reuben.... What initially sparked your interest in transitioning your previous role as pricing manager to data engineering? The pricing manager role was created to develop a "pricing strategy", I called it "making sure we don't end up on an episode of Hoarders". We needed to bring Kogan's inventory level down from our very high post COVID levels, to a more reasonable position, while salvaging as much value as possible. Together, the whole team did that very successfully, and we now get much more value from a dollar invested into inventory than we did before. The role involved a lot of