Senior Data Engineer (fixed term contract)

Diagonal recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-funded startup in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their product and engineering team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain data pipelines while innovating growth solutions. Ideal candidates have over four years of experience, can lead cross-functional teams, and are excellent communicators. This position offers a health and wellness package, a hybrid working model, and numerous benefits including gym membership and generous holiday leave.

Benefits

Health & Wellness package

Medical Insurance

Income Protection

Childcare vouchers

Gym & Cycle scheme

Pension

Life Assurance

30+ holidays plus bank holidays

Regular treats & socials

Qualifications

• 4 years+ experience as a Data Engineer solving complex and scaled data challenges.
• Ability to work in and lead cross-functional scrum teams.
• Excellent communicator able to distil down complex matters to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain data pipelines to enhance and support products.
• Design and deliver new innovations for growth, including Agentic development.

Skills

SQL

ELT / ETL

Data Modelling

dbt models

Version control (Git)

Data processing and orchestration using Airflow or similar

Google BigQuery or Redshift

GCP (preferred) or AWS

Agentic development frameworks

Automations

Job description

our client is unable to offer sponsorship - only apply if you have the right to work in the UK

Overview

Our client is a well-funded startup (150+ people) and readying to scale. They have award-winning solutions in the fast-moving digital advertising space with proprietary tech, media and petabyte scale data.

The Role

We're seeking a well-rounded Senior Data Engineer to join a product, data and engineering org of 50+ people based out of London and working in scrums and being involved end-to-end across multiple products covering audience insights, analytics and advertising.

You’ll be relied upon to design, develop and maintain data pipelines to enhance and support products as well as design & deliver new innovations for growth, including Agentic development.

Technology / Skills requirements

• SQL
• ELT / ETL
• Data Modelling
• dbt models
• Version control (Git)
• Data processing and orchestration using Airflow or similar
• Google BigQuery or Redshift
• Cloud based services: GCP (preferred) or AWS
• Agentic development frameworks
• Automations

About You

• 4 years+ experience as a Data Engineer solving complex and scaled data challenges
• Someone who can work in and lead cross-functional scrum teams
• Problem-solver mindset
• You welcome responsibility and want to shape products
• Excellent communicator able to distil down complex matters to various stakeholders
• Willing and able to mentor and support juniors and peers as necessary

What's on offer

• Work alongside some of the brightest minds and leading advertising technologies
• Shaping the future of online advertising
• A genuinely memorable experience you will look back on fondly
• Health & Wellness package
• Medical Insurance
• Income Protection
• Childcare vouchers
• Gym & Cycle scheme
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Hybrid working (2-3 days) from a Central London office
• 30+ holidays plus bank holidays (pro-rated)
• Lots of one-off and regular treats & socials

We're screening & interviewing right away - so apply now if this sounds like you - or get in touch if you know someone that might be more closely suited for a generous referral fee