Senior AWS Data Engineer

Microlise; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday

EV Car Scheme

Great Place to Work

Job summary

Microlise is seeking a Senior AWS Data Engineer on a 12-month fixed term contract to build the data foundations behind analytics and AI products. You will work hands-on with a modern AWS data platform, transforming operational data into governed, reusable data products across dashboards, APIs and self-service analytics.

You will design, implement and optimise lakehouse pipelines on AWS, ingesting data from operational systems and enabling scalable, governance‑driven analytics with strong lineage

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing and delivering data engineering solutions on AWS.
• Strong SQL, Python and dbt skills for scalable pipelines and reusable datasets.
• Understanding of lakehouse architectures, medallion patterns, data quality and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise AWS-based data pipelines and lakehouse structures for analytics products.
• Ingest and transform data from multiple sources with batch, streaming and API patterns.
• Embed governance, metadata, lineage and data contracts from the start to ensure trust.
• Collaborate with architecture, platform engineering and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions.

Skills

AWS data pipelines

SQL

Python

dbt

Lakehouse architecture

Data governance

Data Mesh concepts

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Join Microlise as a Senior AWS Data Engineer on a 12-month fixed term contract and help build the data foundations behind the next generation of customer-facing analytics and AI products.

This is a hands-on engineering role in a major cloud data platform programme, where you’ll help turn operational, telematics, customer and third-party data into trusted, reusable data products that power dashboards, APIs, self-service analytics, machine learning and future generative AI services.

You’ll work with modern AWS managed services, lakehouse architecture, Data Mesh principles and governance-by-design patterns to create data that is reliable, discoverable, secure and ready for real customer impact.

If you enjoy building robust data platforms, solving complex integration problems and shaping how data enables better products, this is an opportunity to do meaningful engineering work that will be reused across the Microlise product portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing

Make a visible impact on customer-facing analytics and AI

Microlise is investing in an Analytics and AI platform that connects data across multiple complex operational systems and third-party sources. Your work will help make that data trusted, governed and easy to reuse, enabling faster analytics delivery, richer customer insights, API-driven data services and future AI capabilities.

The pipelines, models and governance patterns you build won’t sit in the background. They will directly influence how data is trusted, shared and turned into value for customers and internal teams.

Start by building something customers will use

Your first focus will be helping to deliver an initial customer-facing analytics data product on the new platform, while establishing reusable engineering patterns for future products.

• Build AWS lakehouse pipelines using services such as S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, DMS and Step Functions
• Transform operational data into governed, reusable products for dashboards, APIs and customer-facing analytics
• Build in data quality, lineage, metadata and access controls from the start
• Work with architecture, platform engineering and analytics teams to create delivery patterns that can scale across the wider product portfolio

Build, shape and scale a modern AWS data platform

You’ll be part of the team turning platform strategy into working, production-ready data capabilities.

• Design, build and optimise cloud-native data pipelines, lakehouse structures and reusable data products on AWS
• Ingest and transform data from operational systems using batch, CDC, event, file and API patterns
• Use lakehouse and medallion architecture concepts to move data from raw ingestion through to curated, business-ready products
• Create resilient transformations, quality checks and orchestration patterns that support reliable customer-facing analytics
• Embed governance by design, including metadata, lineage, data contracts, access controls and tenant‑aware data handling
• Collaborate closely with architecture, platform engineering, product and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions
• Support product‑level observability, performance optimisation, cost awareness and operational reliability

What We’re Looking For

Bring the skills to turn data into trusted products

We’re looking for someone who can combine strong engineering delivery with curiosity, ownership and a practical understanding of how data becomes trusted business value.

• Hands‑on experience designing and delivering data engineering solutions on AWS
• Strong SQL, dbt and Python skills, with experience building scalable pipelines, transformations and reusable datasets
• Good understanding of lakehouse architecture, medallion patterns, data modelling, data quality and data governance
• A collaborative, ownership‑led mindset and the confidence to work with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders
• Experience with analytics, BI, API or AI‑ready data products would be highly valuable
• Familiarity with data contracts, metadata, lineage, product ownership or Data Mesh concepts would help you succeed

Why Microlise?

When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof‑of‑purchase solutions has probably been used. Our solutions deliver value to many of the UK’s leading grocery retailers and food logistics providers as well as to household names including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose, and Royal Mail.

Proudly Midlands‑based, Microlise has been operating for over thirty years, and recently became a Publicly Listed Company with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.

• We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals
• 37.5 hour week with flexible working opportunities
• Access to our salary sacrifice EV Car Scheme - payments are made before tax and other contributions, so saving you money, whilst doing your bit for the environment!
• Great Place to Work certified – We have been recognised by the global authority on workplace culture, so come be a part of our success!
• Private medical insurance with Vitality Health including rewards for members such as: Free Amazon Prime, Apple Watch, discounted gym membership and many more!
• 25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays, increasing with service
• Invested in employee health and well‑being with over 20 mental health first aiders in the business
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• Free Costco membership, 20% off EE mobile and line rental, and other local discounts
• Great staff extras: Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards

Recruitment Process

For successful candidates, interviews will take place whilst the advert is still live, via telephone and video conferencing;

As part of the Microlise interview process, you’ll need to attend an in‑person interview at our Head Office in Eastwood, Nottingham, for at least one of the interview stages.

Recruitment Agencies

Whilst we make every effort to directly source candidates for our live roles, we do have a very small preferred supplier list on the occasion we may require additional support. We therefore do not accept speculative CVs and/or cold calls to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Managers.