Senior Data Engineer — Cloud Data Pipelines (SC) Remote

Amber Labs; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance with Bupa

Remote-first with base at Liverpool St

Personal training budget

Perkbox access

EV scheme after 1 year

Regular team socials

Employer pension contributions

Job summary

Amber Labs is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build and operate robust data platforms powering mission‑critical analytics within a UK Government environment. You will collaborate with architects, engineers, product teams and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data solutions.

We value mentoring, cloud‑native data engineering, and contributing to engineering best practices in an Agile delivery setting.

Qualifications

• Active SC Security Clearance required.
• Experience delivering data engineering solutions within UK Central Government.
• Hands-on AWS, PySpark and Informatica for enterprise data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate data platforms powering analytics in a UK Government environment.
• Develop scalable data pipelines and modernise legacy data platforms.
• Mentor engineers and shape engineering practices.
• Collaborate with architects, product teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure security, governance and compliance across the engineering lifecycle.
• Lead CI/CD, automated testing and release governance.
• Review code and promote high-quality engineering standards.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies using Jira and Confluence.
• Integrate APIs for secure data sharing and data integration.

Skills

Mentoring

Agile delivery

Data pipelines

Stakeholder communication

AWS

PySpark

Informatica

Tools

AWS

PySpark

Informatica

Job description

Amber Labs is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build and operate robust data platforms powering mission‑critical analytics within a UK Government environment. You will collaborate with architects, engineers, product teams and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable data solutions.

We value mentoring, cloud‑native data engineering, and contributing to engineering best practices in an Agile delivery setting.