Data Engineer - Build Scalable Distributed Data Pipelines

Ripjar; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Private Family Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension contributions

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Top of the range MacBook Pro

Job summary

Ripjar is seeking a Data Engineer to join their team in the United Kingdom. This role focuses on building and operating a Data Collection Hub, with responsibilities including engineering distributed ingestion services and designing data contracts. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience in production software, is proficient in programming languages such as Python or Node.js, and possesses skills in debugging, performance improvement, and CI/CD. The role offers a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off, and private family healthcare.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building and operating production software systems.
• Fluency in at least one programming language (Python/Node.js a plus).
• Experience debugging moderately complex systems and improving reliability/performance.

Responsibilities

• Engineer distributed ingestion services that handle diverse data sources.
• Build high-throughput processing components focused on performance.
• Design evolving data contracts for downstream teams.
• Ensure production quality with maintainable code and strong testing.
• Improve platform reliability against various failures.
• Contribute to CI/CD for better developer experience.

Skills

Distributed data systems

Python

Node.js

Debugging systems

CI/CD

Education

Degree in Computer Science or numerical degree

Tools

HDFS

HBase

Spark

Kubernetes

MongoDB

OpenSearch

GitHub

Jira

Job description

Ripjar is seeking a Data Engineer to join their team in the United Kingdom. This role focuses on building and operating a Data Collection Hub, with responsibilities including engineering distributed ingestion services and designing data contracts. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience in production software, is proficient in programming languages such as Python or Node.js, and possesses skills in debugging, performance improvement, and CI/CD. The role offers a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off, and private family healthcare.