Senior Data Engineer — Hybrid Cloud Data Platform, Manchester

Boost Talent; Manchester; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Boost Talent is partnering with a data-driven technology organisation to recruit a Senior Data Engineer in Manchester. You will shape how complex datasets are collected, transformed, and delivered across a global business, building modern data platforms and scalable pipelines.

You’ll lead on data quality, governance and observability, mentoring engineers and driving standard engineering practices. Onsite two days a week, with up-to-date cloud-native tech and strong autonomy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data engineering or similar roles.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Proficiency with Python and cloud-based data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Develop data products and ensure data quality, governance & observability.
• Create Python-based services for data ingestion, transformation and delivery.
• Contribute to a modern cloud-native data platform and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve data accessibility and reliability.

Skills

Python

ETL/ELT pipelines

AWS

Data modelling

Cloud-native data platforms

Data quality & governance

REST APIs

Agile collaboration

Tools

AWS Glue

AWS Step Functions

AWS Athena

S3

dbt

Parquet/Iceberg

OpenSearch

Job description

Boost Talent is partnering with a data-driven technology organisation to recruit a Senior Data Engineer in Manchester. You will shape how complex datasets are collected, transformed, and delivered across a global business, building modern data platforms and scalable pipelines.

You’ll lead on data quality, governance and observability, mentoring engineers and driving standard engineering practices. Onsite two days a week, with up-to-date cloud-native tech and strong autonomy.