Senior Data Engineer

Wren Kitchens Limited; Barton-upon-Humber; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular social events

Staff discount after 1 year

Free annual eye tests

Quarterly bonus scheme

Uncapped commission

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Wren Kitchens Limited is seeking a skilled Senior Data Engineer in Barton-upon-Humber. This role involves designing and maintaining data pipelines using Python and cloud technologies, ensuring data quality and reliability.

You will collaborate with various teams to deliver actionable insights and work with tools like Databricks and Snowflake. Join us to work in a fast-paced environment with opportunities for personal growth and the chance to be part of the UK's largest kitchen retailer, known

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience designing, building, and maintaining production data platforms.
• Strong Python skills for data wrangling, orchestration, and debugging.
• Experience with modern data lakes/ETL platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines using Python.
• Implement data validation frameworks and monitoring.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver reliable data solutions.

Skills

Python skills

Data lake management

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data validation frameworks

Monitoring tools

Data governance

Agile methodologies

Data modelling

AWS

GCP

Azure

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Datadog

CloudWatch

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Data Engineer to help develop and maintain Wren's data lake, transformation processes, and integrations. You will work as part of the Data Engineering team to build robust, scalable data pipelines while ensuring data quality, performance, and reliability. This role requires strong hands-on experience in cloud-based data platforms and a passion for developing efficient and scalable data solutions.

This role offers the opportunity to work with modern cloud-based data technologies, gain experience in data lake management, and grow within a fast-paced environment.

What Wren offer

• Regular social events


• Staff discount on purchasing a kitchen after 1 year of continuous employment


• Free annual eye tests as well as a contribution to new glasses


• Quarterly bonus scheme

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines using Python and cloud-native tools.


• Implement data validation frameworks, automated testing, and monitoring using tools like Datadog or CloudWatch.


• Work closely with Business Intelligence, analytics teams, and business users to understand data needs and deliver reliable solutions.


• Maintain and improve the data lake's performance, security, and cost-efficiency in platforms like Databricks or Snowflake.


• Ensure proper monitoring, alerting, and logging are in place to maintain uptime and data availability.


• Maintain clear documentation of data flows, transformations, and best practices. Contribute to knowledge-sharing and mentoring junior engineers.


• Follow industry standards for data governance, security, and CI/CD automation in data pipelines.


• Stay up to date with new tools and techniques in data engineering, contributing ideas to improve processes and system efficiency.

Desired skills and knowledge

• 4+ years' experience designing, building, and maintaining production data platforms.


• Strong Python skills for data wrangling, pipeline orchestration, automation, and complex SQL/Python debugging, including AI-augmented development tools.


• Experience with modern data lakes/ETL platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalent; strong knowledge of Databricks and evaluating new tools for adoption.


• Understanding of LLMs, RAG, and data engineering's role in agentic workflows.


• Experience with data modelling, transformation, performance optimisation, quality, and consistency.


• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Datadog and CloudWatch, plus BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI.


• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, attention to detail, and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.


• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.


• Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.


• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including compute, storage, and serverless services.

You must comply with all Health & Safety policies, procedures, and responsibilities outlined within the Integrated Management System

This role is based at Barton-upon-Humber, working patterns to be agreed.

About The Company

At Wren we are passionate about all things kitchens, and now bedrooms too! We are the largest kitchen retailer in the UK. We're a business that simply doesn't stand still!

As well as world class training on our products, systems and sales processes, you will enjoy working in an industry-leading work place for a business that is twice been voted the UK's Number 1 Place to Work on Indeed.

That's on top of amazing benefits including uncapped commission and exceptional opportunities to progress your career across our company.

• uncapped commission


• exceptional opportunities to progress your career across our company.