SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

UK | Hybrid / Remote

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a growing Data and AI team, delivering modern data platforms and services across the public sector.

You'll take a hands-on role designing, building and maintaining scalable data solutions, while working closely with clients and supporting the development of other engineers.

THE ROLE

• Build and maintain scalable data platforms and pipelines

• Develop solutions using Python and AWS, Azure or GCP

• Work across ETL/ELT, batch and streaming data

• Build and work with data lakes and data warehouses

• Implement data quality, unit and integration testing

• Use Git, CI/CD and Terraform

• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting

• Work with technologies such as Airflow, AWS Glue, Pandas, Pydantic and Parquet

• Work directly with clients and technical stakeholders

• Mentor and support other engineers

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong commercial experience in Data Engineering

• Strong Python skills

• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP

• Understanding of ETL/ELT and modern data architectures

• Experience with SQL and database technologies

• Knowledge of CI/CD, Git and Infrastructure as Code

• Experience with automated testing and data quality

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable: Consultancy or public sector experience, Docker, Airflow, machine learning/data science, geospatial data and pair/mob programming.

CLEARANCE

Due to the nature of the projects, SC clearance is required, including the relevant UK residency and employment history requirements.

BENEFITS

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays

• Flexible / remote working

• Flexible benefits allowance

• Pension and healthcare options

• Cycle to Work and Smart Tech schemes

• Learning and development opportunities