Senior Data Engineer

The-Very-Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

£1000 flexible benefits allowance

30 days holiday + bank holidays

LinkedIn Learning access

Bonus potential

Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension up to 6%

Job summary

Very is seeking a hands-on senior data engineer to shape and scale our data pipelines and cloud-based platform. You will mentor others, influence engineering standards, and partner with product teams to deliver measurable outcomes for a data-driven business.

You’ll work with modern cloud technologies, build scalable data solutions, and help define how we serve millions of customers with faster, more reliable data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Production-grade data solutions experience in large-scale environments.
• Teradata-based data warehousing and analytics experience.
• Strong cloud knowledge, AWS preferred; Python/SQL/Java/Scala coding.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building scalable, reliable data pipelines powering key decisions.
• Shaping our cloud-based data platform, improving performance, cost, and usability.
• Taking ownership of solutions from idea through production and beyond.
• Driving improvements in how we build, deploy and monitor data products.
• Troubleshooting complex data issues and making them disappear for good.
• Supporting releases and ensuring everything we ship is stable and observable.
• Raising engineering standards through code reviews, reusable patterns and best practice.
• Coaching and mentoring other engineers, helping them grow and succeed.
• Collaborating with product, platform and engineering teams to deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Contributing to technical decisions that improve scalability, reliability and speed.

Skills

Data pipelines

Teradata

BTEQ

Fast Load

Multi Load

TPT

Viewpoint

TD Stats

TDWM

ETL processes

AWS

Python

SQL

Java/Scala

Data warehousing

Lakehouse

Data lakes

Full delivery lifecycle

Tools

BTEQ

Fast Load

Multi Load

TD Stats

TDWM

Viewpoint

Job description

Internal use only - Grade F

About us

We’re the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the Role

You’ll be a hands-on senior engineer at the heart of our data transformation. You won’t just deliver pipelines. You’ll shape how we build them, how we scale them and how we make them better.

You’ll work with modern cloud technologies, help evolve our data platform and influence engineering standards across the team. You’ll also support and mentor others, helping create a strong, collaborative engineering culture.

The impact is real. Better data means better customer experiences, faster decisions and stronger performance across Very.

We’re transforming how data powers Very. This isn’t about maintaining what already exists. It’s about building what comes next.

We’re modernising our entire data platform with cloud-first technology, and you’ll play a key role in shaping it. From improving how we serve millions of customers to enabling smarter decisions across the business, your work will directly influence how Very grows and competes.

If you enjoy solving meaningful problems, building at scale and helping others raise their game, you’ll feel right at home here.

Day to day you will be working on the following.

• Designing and building scalable, reliable data pipelines that power key business decisions
• Shaping our cloud-based data platform, improving performance, cost, and usability
• Taking ownership of solutions from idea through to production and beyond
• Driving improvements in how we build, deploy and monitor data products
• Troubleshooting complex data issues and making them disappear for good
• Supporting releases and ensuring everything we ship is stable and observable
• Raising engineering standards through code reviews, reusable patterns and best practice
• Coaching and mentoring other engineers, helping them grow and succeed
• Collaborating with product, platform and engineering teams to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Contributing to technical decisions that improve scalability, reliability and speed

About you

You’re someone who enjoys building things that matter and making them better over time.

You’ll likely bring:

• Strong experience designing and delivering production-grade data solutions
• Develop, and maintain Teradata-based data solutions to support enterprise-scale data warehousing and analytics platforms.
• Proficient in Teradata utilities such as BTEQ, Fast Load, Multi Load, TPT, and experienced with Viewpoint, TD Stats, and TDWM.
• Strong knowledge of data warehousing concepts, ETL processes, and experience working across large-scale, complex environments.
• Confidence working with cloud technologies, AWS is preferred.
• Solid coding skills in languages like Python, SQL / Java or Scala
• Experience working with large-scale data platforms, data lakes or warehouses
• A good understanding of modern data concepts like Lakehouse, ingestion and analytics
• Experience across the full delivery lifecycle, from design to support
• A mindset focused on quality, simplicity and continuous improvement
• The ability to break down complex problems and explain them clearly
• A natural instinct to support and mentor others

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews

• £1000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be found on our career site

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via [e-mail]. We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.