Data Engineering Coach - Level 5 (Remote)

Corndel; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Supportive culture

Development & certifications

Impact across organisations

Meaningful work

Job summary

Corndel is seeking a Data Engineer / Data Engineering Coach at Level 5 to help experienced professionals grow into confident, credible data engineers through our Level 5 programme. You’ll coach, mentor and teach practical data engineering concepts, connecting theory to practice and guiding learners to design scalable, secure data solutions while maintaining high standards.

This is a fully remote UK role with national travel as required, offering a meaningful way to shape careers and data

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a Data Engineer or closely related role (Senior / Lead / BI / Data‑focused DevOps).
• Strong working knowledge of SQL, Python, data modelling, batch data pipelines and cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP welcomed).
• Understanding of data security, privacy, and ethical data use.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or supporting others.
• Ability to explain complex ideas clearly and thoughtfully.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor a caseload of learners through 1:1 sessions and workshops.
• Teach practical data engineering concepts grounded in real-world experience.
• Help learners design and build reliable, scalable data solutions (not just working code).
• Guide learners through assessments and portfolios with high standards and supportive feedback.
• Model strong professional judgement around performance, cost, security, privacy, and ethics.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modelling

Batch pipelines

Azure/AWS/GCP

Security/privacy

Coaching

Communication

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Spark

Databricks

CI/CD

Job description

Corndel is seeking a Data Engineer / Data Engineering Coach at Level 5 to help experienced professionals grow into confident, credible data engineers through our Level 5 programme. You’ll coach, mentor and teach practical data engineering concepts, connecting theory to practice and guiding learners to design scalable, secure data solutions while maintaining high standards.

This is a fully remote UK role with national travel as required, offering a meaningful way to shape careers and data