Senior Data Engineer: Build Scalable Cloud Data Platforms

Boost Talent ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boost Talent is partnering with a data-driven technology organisation to hire a Senior Data Engineer to design and operate scalable data platforms. You will build ETL/ELT pipelines, shape data products, and deliver trusted datasets for internal and external users.

You'll own cloud-based data workflows, collaborate with cross-functional teams, promote best practices in data governance, testing, and observability, and mentor colleagues to raise engineering standards across the platform.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data Engineer or similar in large-scale data environments.
• Design and build ETL/ELT pipelines and modern data platforms.
• Experience with AWS-based data platforms and services such as Glue, Step Functions, Athena and S3.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data processing workflows
• Developing and optimising data products that transform complex datasets into trusted, consumable assets
• Building Python-based services and tooling that support data ingestion, transformation and delivery
• Contributing to the evolution of a modern cloud-native data platform
• Defining and promoting standards around data quality, governance, metadata and observability
• Working closely with software engineering, platform and product teams to improve data accessibility and reliability
• Supporting production data systems, monitoring and operational excellence
• Contributing to architectural decisions and helping drive engineering best practice across the organisation
• Mentoring colleagues and fostering a strong engineering culture

Skills

Python

ETL/ELT pipelines

AWS

Data modelling

dbt

Parquet/Iceberg

Observability

REST APIs

Agile teams

Distributed processing

Tools

dbt

AWS Glue

AWS Step Functions

AWS Athena

AWS S3

OpenSearch

Job description

Boost Talent is partnering with a data-driven technology organisation to hire a Senior Data Engineer to design and operate scalable data platforms. You will build ETL/ELT pipelines, shape data products, and deliver trusted datasets for internal and external users.

You'll own cloud-based data workflows, collaborate with cross-functional teams, promote best practices in data governance, testing, and observability, and mentor colleagues to raise engineering standards across the platform.