Senior Data Engineer

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% bonus

7% Pension

Job summary

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment in London is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to join a high-growth applied data and machine learning team. You’ll work on varied, high-visibility projects where your work directly influences business performance and value creation.

You’ll deploy ML solutions across use cases such as pricing and fraud reduction, own full delivery from discovery to deployment, and collaborate with C-suite and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data science or ML solutions in production environments.
• Experience deploying and scaling models with MLOps practices.
• Advanced Python and SQL in cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Familiarity with Databricks, version control, and containerisation.
• Strong business acumen and ability to articulate impact in business terms.
• Client-facing or stakeholder-heavy experience.

Responsibilities

• Work within the deployment team, embedding into portfolio companies to deliver data science and machine learning initiatives.
• Partner with C-suite and senior stakeholders to define problems that drive measurable commercial value.
• Design, build and deploy machine learning solutions across pricing, sales optimisation and fraud reduction.
• Take ownership of projects end to end, from discovery and modelling through to deployment and scaling.
• Balance technical sophistication with practicality, selecting the right approach to maximise impact.
• Contribute to best practice across applied data science, engineering and delivery.

Skills

Data science in production

ML deployment

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Databricks

Version control

Containerisation

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Databricks

Version control

Containerisation

Job description

SENIOR DATA ENGINEER
£90-£120K
LONDON

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth applied data and machine learning team focused on tangible commercial impact. You will work on varied, high-visibility projects where your work directly influences business performance and value creation.

THE COMPANY

Our Client is a specialist technology firm operating within the investment and private equity ecosystem. The business partners closely with leading investment firms and their portfolio companies to deliver post-deal value through data and AI. Following recent investment, they are in a strong growth phase with a clear focus on collaboration and pragmatism

THE ROLE

• Work within the deployment team, embedding into portfolio companies to deliver data science and machine learning initiatives.
• Partner closely with C-suite and senior stakeholders to define problems that drive measurable commercial value.
• Design, build and deploy machine learning solutions across use cases such as pricing, sales optimisation and fraud reduction.
• Take ownership of projects end to end, from discovery and modelling through to deployment and scaling.
• Balance technical sophistication with practicality, selecting the right approach to maximise impact.
• Contribute to best practice across applied data science, engineering and delivery.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong experience delivering data science or machine learning solutions in production environments.
• Proven capability deploying and scaling models using appropriate engineering and MLOps practices.
• Advanced Python and SQL skills, with experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Familiarity with modern tooling such as Databricks, version control and containerisation.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to articulate impact in business terms.
• Confident communication skills and experience working in client-facing or stakeholder-heavy environments.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• £90-£120k Base salary
• 10% bonus
• 7% Pension