Senior Data Engineer - ClimateTech - UK based - Remote/Hybrid - £75-95k DOE + Equity

Futureheads; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A climate tech venture in London seeks a Data Engineer to own the full data stack, managing cloud infrastructure on AWS with a DevOps mindset. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in data engineering, strong expertise in Python and SQL, and familiarity with AWS services. This role offers real equity ownership, flexible remote-first working, and a collaborative culture focused on impact and diversity.

Benefits

Real equity ownership

Remote-first flexible working

High-impact decision-making

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in data engineering and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven ability to deliver scalable, low-latency data services.
• Experience with CI/CD and monitoring/logging tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the full data stack from ingestion through to analytics.
• Manage cloud infrastructure on AWS with a DevOps mindset.
• Deliver data solutions for analytics, internal tools, and AI models.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Python (PySpark)

SQL

DevOps skills

Terraform

Docker

AWS services (S3, ECS/Fargate, RDS, Lambda)

Data warehousing (PostgreSQL)

Event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub)

Job description

Futureheads has just partnered with an early‑stage climate tech venture tackling one of the world’s most urgent challenges: ocean conservation and the ocean economy. This is a greenfield build where your work will have direct global impact.

In this role, you will own the full data stack from ingestion through to analytics, building and maintaining scalable pipelines across API, streaming, and batch processes. You will manage cloud infrastructure on AWS with a DevOps mindset, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and scaling.

Working closely with engineering and product teams, you will deliver data solutions for analytics, internal tools, and AI models, while establishing and maintaining best practices for data governance, security, and reliability.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years’ experience in data engineering and cloud infrastructure
• Expertise in Python (PySpark), SQL, and dbt (or similar)
• Strong DevOps skills: Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, monitoring/logging tools
• AWS experience: S3, ECS/Fargate, RDS, Lambda
• Data warehousing experience (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Experience with event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) a plus
• Proven ability to deliver scalable, low‑latency data services in fast‑moving environments

Whats on offer

• Real equity ownership and upside potential
• Remote‑first, flexible working with occasional London office days
• Autonomy, ownership, and high‑impact decision‑making
• Collaborative culture with a focus on inclusion and diversity

If you’re passionate about using data to make a real difference for the planet, this is your chance to join a mission‑driven, early‑stage team with global ambition.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you—such as allowing extra time to complete assessments, alternative application methods, or providing interview guidance—please let us know. We are open to suggestions and always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us.

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