Senior AI Data Engineer

Damstra Technology; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits at Ideagen

Job summary

Ideagen is on a mission to embed AI at the heart of its products and empower data-driven decision making. This Senior AI Data Engineer role in Nottingham focuses on designing and scaling data pipelines, creating AI-ready datasets, and enabling intelligent automation across product platforms.

You will collaborate with AI and software teams, drive data governance and reliability, and mentor engineers to raise engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building, scaling, and supporting production data pipelines and data platforms.
• Strong expertise in Python and SQL, with a track record of developing high-quality, maintainable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience operating production systems, resolving complex issues, and improving platform reliability.
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance, lineage, security, and auditability.
• Experience or strong interest in AI, machine learning, MLOps or large language model technologies.
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines that power AI models, machine learning workflows, and intelligent product capabilities.
• Owning the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of production data platforms.
• Developing ETL/ELT solutions using Python, SQL, AWS, and modern cloud-based data technologies.
• Implementing robust monitoring, alerting, testing, and data quality processes to ensure trusted datasets.
• Driving best practices in data governance, lineage, security, and dataset versioning.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative AI and data solutions.
• Mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering standards, technical direction, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

MLOps

AI/ML concepts

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

S3

Lambda

Glue

Athena

Job description

Senior AI Data Engineer

• Job ID: 2026-3165
• # of Openings: 1
• Category: Architecture and Engineering
• Role type: Permanent
• Working: Hybrid
• Name: Nottingham

Role Purpose

Location- Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Level - Experienced Professional

Department - Product R&D

Working Pattern - Remote

Benefits - Benefits at Ideagen

Salary - To be discussed at next stage

At Ideagen, we're on a mission to embed AI at the heart of our products and create smarter experiences for customers around the world.

As a Senior AI Data Engineer, you'll be at the centre of this transformation, building the data platforms, pipelines, and processes that power our AI and machine learning capabilities. You'll play a key role in turning complex, large-scale data into trusted, AI-ready assets that support intelligent automation, advanced analytics, and next-generation AI products.

This is an opportunity to work on meaningful AI challenges while helping shape the technical foundations of our AI strategy. You'll collaborate with AI engineers, software engineers, and product teams to solve complex problems, influence technical direction, and ensure our data platforms are reliable, scalable, and built for the future. Alongside hands-on technical delivery, you'll support and mentor engineers across the team, helping to raise engineering standards and drive best practices.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines that power AI models, machine learning workflows, and intelligent product capabilities.
• Owning the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of production data platforms.
• Developing ETL/ELT solutions using Python, SQL, AWS, and modern cloud-based data technologies.
• Implementing robust monitoring, alerting, testing, and data quality processes to ensure trusted datasets.
• Driving best practices in data governance, lineage, security, and dataset versioning.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative AI and data solutions.
• Mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering standards, technical direction, and continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience

• Significant experience building, scaling, and supporting production data pipelines and data platforms.
• Strong expertise in Python and SQL, with a track record of developing high-quality, maintainable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience operating production systems, resolving complex issues, and improving platform reliability.
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance, lineage, security, and auditability.
• Experience or strong interest in AI, machine learning, MLOps or large language model technologies.
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices.

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

We're building a future-ready team, and AI is part of how we work smarter. If you're curious, adaptable and open to using AI to improve how you work, you'll thrive at Ideagen!

What is next?

If your application meets the requirements for this role, our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.

To ensure a flexible and inclusive process, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments by contacting us at [e-mail]. All matters will be treated with strict confidence.

At Ideagen, we value the importance of work-life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible arrangements. If this is something you are interested in, please let us know during the application process. Enhance your career and make the world a safer place!