Data Engineer

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment is recruiting a Data Engineer for a remote UK role. You will own building and optimising AWS-based data pipelines within a modern data platform, collaborating with data engineers and cloud architects to support analytics and AI initiatives.

The role focuses on ingestion, modeling, and data products, enabling trusted datasets for decision making. Strong Python, SQL, and AWS experience are required, with interest in AI-driven data solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development
• Advanced SQL skills
• Experience building data pipelines
• Knowledge of data modeling and warehousing
• Familiarity with dbt or similar
• Experience with AWS data services
• Exposure to Kafka, Spark or streaming data
• Interest in AI, analytics engineering, and data products

Responsibilities

• Designing and building data ingestion pipelines into a modern cloud platform
• Monitoring, troubleshooting and optimising data pipelines and workloads
• Building and maintaining data models to support analytics and reporting
• Supporting AI-driven data products and semantic layers
• Creating trusted datasets and data assets for business decisions

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data modeling

dbt

AWS data services

Kafka/Spark

BI tools

AI analytics

Job description

Data Engineer

up to £55,000 + Benefits
Remote (UK)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-growth technology business where you can take ownership of building and optimising modern data pipelines while developing into a key member of a growing data team.

THE COMPANY

Our client is an innovative technology business operating at the intersection of mobile applications, hardware products, and AI-powered data solutions. With a global, remote-first workforce and ambitious growth plans, they are investing heavily in their data platform to support the next phase of expansion.

The organisation has built a modern data ecosystem that powers business-critical decision-making, advanced analytics, and emerging AI capabilities. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative team where your work will have visible impact across the business.

THE ROLE

You will take ownership of building, improving, and maintaining data pipelines within a modern AWS-based data platform. Working closely with experienced data engineering and cloud architecture professionals, you will gain exposure to the full data lifecycle while developing your technical expertise.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and developing data ingestion pipelines from product and third-party sources into a modern cloud data platform.
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimising data pipelines and scheduled workloads.
• Building and maintaining data models using dbt to support analytics and reporting requirements.
• Supporting the development of AI-driven data products and semantic layers.
• Creating trusted datasets and business-facing data assets to support company-wide decision making.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

You will bring strong capability in:

• Python development.
• Advanced SQL.
• Building and maintaining data pipelines.
• Data modelling and warehousing fundamentals.
• dbt or similar modern transformation frameworks
• Experience with AWS data services.
• Exposure to Kafka, Spark, streaming data, or modern BI tools.
• Interest in AI, analytics engineering, and data products

THE BENEFITS

You will receive a salary of up to £5,000 depending on experience, along with a comprehensive benefits package.