Data Engineer: Unstructured Data Pipelines & Cloud

Acorn Insurance Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A maximum of 35 days' holiday

24/7 mental health support

Career development programs

Flexible benefits and early salary

Hybrid working options

Recognition awards

Job summary

Acorn Insurance Ltd in Liverpool is seeking a Data Engineer to shape our data strategy within the Database and AI Team. You will design robust data ingestion pipelines and build scalable storage for unstructured data, collaborating with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers.

The role focuses on data governance, real-time cloud streaming, NLP, OCR, and ensuring data security and performance. You will mentor colleagues and stay ahead of new database technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with unstructured data including voice, chat, image
• Proven ability to manage secure, high-performance database environments
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• A passion for continuous learning and innovation

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust data ingestion pipelines for unstructured data using modern data engineering tools and frameworks.
• Develop and maintain scalable storage solutions (e.g., data lakes, NoSQL databases) optimized for unstructured data.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure data availability, quality, and usability.
• Apply data parsing, extraction, and transformation techniques (e.g., NLP, OCR, image/audio processing).
• Implement data governance, metadata management, and data cataloging for unstructured data assets.
• Monitor and optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and security standards.
• Share knowledge and mentor team members
• Stay ahead of the curve with the latest database technologies
• Experience of real time cloud streaming solutions

Skills

Unstructured data handling

Secure high-performance databases

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous learning

Tools

Databricks

Azure Fabric

Confluent

Apache Flink

Job description

Acorn Insurance Ltd in Liverpool is seeking a Data Engineer to shape our data strategy within the Database and AI Team. You will design robust data ingestion pipelines and build scalable storage for unstructured data, collaborating with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers.

The role focuses on data governance, real-time cloud streaming, NLP, OCR, and ensuring data security and performance. You will mentor colleagues and stay ahead of new database technologies.