Senior Data Engineer: Data Pipelines, Spark & Cloud Lead

Platform Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is assisting a boutique technical consultancy in recruiting a hands-on senior data engineer in the UK. You will design and build data-intensive applications and pipelines, spanning proof-of-concept through to production systems and direct client engagement.

You will work with exceptional engineers in a collaborative, low-ego culture, applying Python, SQL, Spark/Databricks, cloud platforms, and Airflow, while emphasising data quality and reliability and mentoring junior

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and building data-intensive applications and pipelines.
• Excellent Python and SQL skills with solid software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Spark or Databricks.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow or equivalent.
• Focus on data quality and reliability; able to test and troubleshoot.
• 2:1 from a Russell Group university in relevant fields; Masters/PhD a bonus.

Skills

Data-intensive design

Python

SQL

Spark/Databricks

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Airflow

Data quality & reliability

Education

2:1 from Russell Group in CS/Math/Engineering/Physics

Masters/PhD bonus

Tools

Airflow

Kafka

Databricks

Job description

Platform Recruitment is assisting a boutique technical consultancy in recruiting a hands-on senior data engineer in the UK. You will design and build data-intensive applications and pipelines, spanning proof-of-concept through to production systems and direct client engagement.

You will work with exceptional engineers in a collaborative, low-ego culture, applying Python, SQL, Spark/Databricks, cloud platforms, and Airflow, while emphasising data quality and reliability and mentoring junior