Senior Data Engineer

Stott and May; London; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the staking sector is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their growing team. The role involves developing and optimizing data systems, ensuring data quality, and collaborating with other engineers. Applicants must have extensive experience in data engineering and knowledge of best practices. This position offers a competitive salary with the option for cryptocurrency payment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Strong knowledge in data architecture and quality.
• Experience with open-source tools for building data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and optimization of data pipelines.
• Ensure scalability and reliability in data operations.
• Collaborate with teams to implement robust data models.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Architecture

Data Quality

Building Data Pipelines

Orchestration Tooling

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Dagster

Airflow

Job description

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Remote (Must be within -/+3 hours of UK Timezone)

The company you'll be joining is an Institutional grade staking provider situated in Europe. Due to an increase in demand for services, the business is looking to scale the team and bring in the 2nd data engineering hire to date. This individual will have extensive experience in data, with a strong product mindset, and will be responsible for scaling data systems, ensuring data quality and integrity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and optimisation of data pipelines, databases, and systems
• Ensure scalability, efficiency, and reliability in all data operations
• Collaborate with engineers and analysts to design and implement robust data models
• Align data initiatives with business objectives and client needs, delivering tailored solutions
• Produce scalable code, perform code reviews, and provide feedback to improve team practices

To apply for this Senior Data Engineer position, you will need at least 5 years of relevant experience as a data engineer. You will also require the following:

• Extensive experience in data engineering with a strong understanding of best practices and data quality
• Strong knowledge in Data Architecture
• Experience in a product-led environment with a self-starter mindset, ideally for a start-up
• Experience in building data pipelines using open-source tools and scaling data systems
• Experience with orchestration tooling (e.g., Dagster or Airflow)
• Experience with cloud databases (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery)

Preferred Experience:

• Experience within Blockchain and/or Crypto companies
• Data software agnostic with experience in picking up new tools quickly

Salary of up to £130,000 or currency equivalent.
Option to be paid in Crypto (if preferred).