Data Engineer (Python/AWS) – Hybrid London

Zema Global Data Corporation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Zema Global Data Corporation in London is hiring Software Engineers to join our Data Surface engineering team. You will build and maintain our AWS Lakehouse infrastructure, develop data pipelines, and create tools that power our data delivery platform.

This role offers an excellent path for early-career engineers to deepen cloud data platform skills, collaborate with senior engineers, and grow under a technical team leader in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial software engineering experience with exposure to data engineering or distributed systems
• Strong Python and/or Java/Scala coding skills with focus on clean, maintainable code
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (S3, EKS, Lambda, EC2, RDS)
• Good working knowledge of SQL, including joins and aggregation across relational or analytical databases
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and Agile development practices
• Exposure to Apache Spark or distributed query engines (Trino/Presto/Athena)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; good communication and collaboration abilities
• Desire to learn new technologies in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data ingestion pipelines from legacy systems (DynamoDB, Oracle) to Apache Iceberg
• Work with Claude Code to create specifications for the workloads
• Implement Bronze-Silver-Gold data transformations using Apache Spark and AWS services such as Glue
• Build and optimize batch and streaming data processing workflows
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested Python or Java/Scala code
• Develop APIs and services for data access and integration
• Implement data quality checks, validation rules, and monitoring systems
• Build pipelines and datasets that feed AWS AI/ML services such as Bedrock and SageMaker, with data in Iceberg format
• Collaborate with team on technical design and implementation decisions
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across the data pipeline and infrastructure
• Review and maintain technical documentation, augmenting AI-generated content where appropriate

Skills

Python

Java/Scala

AWS

SQL

Git

CI/CD

Agile

Spark

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

Job description

Zema Global Data Corporation in London is hiring Software Engineers to join our Data Surface engineering team. You will build and maintain our AWS Lakehouse infrastructure, develop data pipelines, and create tools that power our data delivery platform.

This role offers an excellent path for early-career engineers to deepen cloud data platform skills, collaborate with senior engineers, and grow under a technical team leader in a fast-paced environment.