Data engineer

Simple Machines; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Simple Machines is a global technology consultancy hiring a Senior Data Platform Architect to own end-to-end cloud-native data platforms across data engineering, software engineering, and AI. You will design scalable data ecosystems, set standards, and mentor teams.

You will work with Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, and GCP, delivering secure, compliant platforms and data products for enterprise clients worldwide. London-based roles are common for this team.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture of modern, cloud-native data platforms.
• Design scalable data ecosystems using data mesh, data products, and data contracts.
• Make high-impact architectural decisions across ingestion, storage, processing, and access layers.
• Ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and production-grade by design.
• Design and deliver cloud-native data platforms using Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, and GCP.
• Apply modern architectural patterns: data mesh, data products, and data contracts.
• Integrate deeply with client systems to enable scalable, consumer-oriented data access.
• Build and optimise batch and real-time pipelines.
• Work with streaming and event-driven tech such as Kafka, Flink, Kinesis, Pub/Sub.
• Orchestrate workflows using Airflow, Dataflow, Glue.
• Process and transform large datasets using Spark and Flink.
• Design systems that perform in production - not just on paper.
• Work across relational, NoSQL, and analytical stores (Postgres, BigQuery, Snowflake, Cassandra, MongoDB).
• Optimise storage formats and access patterns (Parquet, Delta, ORC, Avro).
• Implement secure, compliant data solutions with security by design.
• Embed governance without killing developer velocity.
• Work directly with clients to understand problems and shape solutions.
• Translate business needs into pragmatic engineering decisions.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor, not just an order taker.
• Set engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across teams.
• Review designs and code, providing clear technical direction and mentorship.
• Raise the bar on data quality, testing, observability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Pulumi

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

dbt

Great Expectations

Soda

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

dbt

Great Expectations

Soda

Job description

Описание:

Simple Machines is a global, independent technology consultancy operating across Sydney, New Zealand, London, and Poland. We design and build modern data platforms, intelligent systems, and bespoke software at the intersection of Data Engineering, Software Engineering and AI. We work with enterprises, scale-ups, and government to turn messy, high-value data into products, platforms, and decisions that actually move the needle. We don't do generic. We build things that matter - We engineer data to life™.

Задачи:

• Own the end-to-end architecture of modern, cloud-native data platforms


• Design scalable data ecosystems using data mesh, data products, and data contracts


• Make high-impact architectural decisions across ingestion, storage, processing, and access layers


• Ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and production-grade by design


• Design and deliver cloud-native data platforms using Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, and GCP


• Apply modern architectural patterns: data mesh, data products, and data contracts


• Integrate deeply with client systems to enable scalable, consumer-oriented data access


• Build and optimise batch and real-time pipelines


• Work with streaming and event-driven tech such as Kafka, Flink, Kinesis, Pub/Sub


• Orchestrate workflows using Airflow, Dataflow, Glue


• Process and transform large datasets using Spark and Flink


• Design systems that perform in production - not just on paper


• Work across relational, NoSQL, and analytical stores (Postgres, BigQuery, Snowflake, Cassandra, MongoDB)


• Optimise storage formats and access patterns (Parquet, Delta, ORC, Avro)


• Implement secure, compliant data solutions with security by design


• Embed governance without killing developer velocity


• Work directly with clients to understand problems and shape solutions


• Translate business needs into pragmatic engineering decisions


• Act as a trusted technical advisor, not just an order taker


• Set engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across teams


• Review designs and code, providing clear technical direction and mentorship


• Raise the bar on data quality, testing, observability, and operational excellence

Требования:

• Strong Python and SQL


• Deep experience with Spark and modern data platforms (Databricks / Snowflake)


• Solid grasp of cloud data services (AWS or GCP)


• Demonstrated ownership of large-scale data platform architectures


• Strong data modelling skills and architectural decision-making ability


• Comfortable balancing trade-offs between performance, cost, and complexity


• Built and operated large-scale data pipelines in production


• Strong data modelling capability and architectural judgement


• Comfortable with multiple storage technologies and formats


• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, Pulumi)


• CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD


• Data testing and quality frameworks (dbt, Great Expectations, Soda)


• Experience in consulting or professional services environments


• Strong consulting instincts — able to challenge assumptions and guide clients toward better outcomes


• Comfortable mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical culture

Условия:

You'll work on interesting, high-impact problems

You'll build modern platforms, not maintain legacy mess

You'll be surrounded by senior engineers who actually know their craft

You'll have autonomy, influence, and room to grow