AI-First Data Engineer — Remote, Share Options

Zego; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Share options

Private medical insurance

Pension & generous holiday

£1,000 travel/learning budget

Job summary

Zego is hiring a Data Engineer to join the data engineering function. You will build and maintain scalable data pipelines, working within an established platform and architecture. You will collaborate with engineering, data science, analytics and product to ensure efficient data infrastructure.

The role emphasizes AI-first tooling and fast, high-quality delivery. It supports remote work with quarterly visits to the London office, offering a competitive package and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a Data Engineer building data platforms.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Hands-on with modern data stacks including Python, SQL, Snowflake, Iceberg, AWS S3, PostgresDB, Airflow, dbt, Spark; deployed via AWS, Docker, Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve data pipelines and related systems.
• Uphold best practices in data engineering (testing, CI/CD, observability, IaC).
• Collaborate with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics and Product to ensure reliable data infrastructure.
• Deliver against the technical roadmap for data engineering.

Skills

Experience

Python

SQL

Collaboration

Growth mindset

Tools

Snowflake

Apache Iceberg

AWS S3

PostgresDB

Airflow

dbt

Apache Spark

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Zego is hiring a Data Engineer to join the data engineering function. You will build and maintain scalable data pipelines, working within an established platform and architecture. You will collaborate with engineering, data science, analytics and product to ensure efficient data infrastructure.

The role emphasizes AI-first tooling and fast, high-quality delivery. It supports remote work with quarterly visits to the London office, offering a competitive package and growth opportunities.