Senior Data Engineer: Build Modern Data Pipelines (Hybrid)

Instil; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Flexible working

Generous pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle-to-work scheme

35 days holiday

Learning & development

Job summary

Instil is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale modern data platforms that empower analytics, AI, and data-driven decision-making. You will work hands-on to create robust data pipelines and data models, with strong SQL, Python and Spark skills, in cloud environments.

The role emphasizes delivering ETL/ELT solutions across Databricks, Snowflake, or Fabric, and integrating AWS/Azure/GCP services while collaborating with stakeholders across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or related software engineering role.
• Experience building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines and platforms.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, transformation, cleansing, and preparation.
• Strong SQL skills and commercial experience with Python and/or Spark.
• Experience designing and delivering ETL/ELT solutions in cloud environments.
• Experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric.
• Familiarity with cloud data services (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data (e.g. JSON, Parquet).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize data pipelines and platforms to support analytics and AI.
• Collaborate with analytics and data science teams to enable data-driven decisions.
• Maintain production-grade data infrastructure with a focus on reliability and performance.

Skills

Data pipelines

SQL

Python

Spark

ETL/ELT cloud

Databricks/Snowflake/Fabric

Cloud data services

JSON/Parquet

Data modelling

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Instil is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale modern data platforms that empower analytics, AI, and data-driven decision-making. You will work hands-on to create robust data pipelines and data models, with strong SQL, Python and Spark skills, in cloud environments.

The role emphasizes delivering ETL/ELT solutions across Databricks, Snowflake, or Fabric, and integrating AWS/Azure/GCP services while collaborating with stakeholders across teams.