Data Engineer | Remote First in the UK | AI

Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data solutions firm in Greater London seeks a Data Engineer to tackle technical challenges and build scalable data systems. This role offers a remote-first setup and encourages collaboration across teams. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Scala, Java, Spark, and cloud technologies like AWS. With generous benefits including stock options and unlimited vacation, this is an opportunity to grow within an engineering-led organization.

Benefits

Remote-first setup

Stock options & solid perks

Unlimited vacation + birthday off

Generous family leave & full medical

Career growth with hands-on support

Qualifications

• Experience in building streaming architectures and handling large data sets.
• Proficiency in Scala, Java, and Spark.
• Strong collaborative skills in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Solve technical challenges in data engineering.
• Build and maintain streaming pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering and science teams.

Skills

Scala

Java

Spark

Luigi

Kafka

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Data Engineer
UK
Scala| Java | Spark |Luigi | Kafka | AWS | PostgreSQL

Are you a Data Engineer Looking for a gig where you actually get to solve tough technical challenges—not just sit through meetings? I’m working with an award-winning search intelligence scale-up that’s doing serious work in paid search and AI. They’ve racked up major industry awards and have a product trusted by global brands like Citibank, L'Oréal, and Volvo.

Their data team is stacked with published authors and ML veterans—building streaming architectures, crunching hundreds of millions of datapoints daily, and collaborating across engineering and science teams to ship fast. You’ll play with distributed Spark jobs, GenAI tools, streaming pipelines, and more.

They recruiting across the board and need a Data Engineer to join to start putting the pieces together.

Benefits of working here:

• Remote-first setup
• Stock options & solid perks
• Unlimited vacation + birthday off
• Generous family leave & full medical
• Loads of career growth with hands-on support

The stack includes Scala, Java, Spark, Luigi, Kafka, AWS, PostgreSQL—you name it. This is a proper engineering-led org, with low red tape and a super collaborative vibe. You'll have autonomy, support, and the space to level up.
They have a fast turnaround. If you love writing clean code, scaling data systems, and being part of a sharp, humble team—let’s talk.

I’ll connect you straight to the hiring manager.

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Scala| Java | Spark |Luigi | Kafka | AWS | PostgreSQL