Senior Data Engineer: Lead Data Platform & AI Strategy

Cloud Bridge; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced annual leave

Birthday leave

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced maternity benefits

Personalised development plans

Structured training and development

Paid social events

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Cloud Bridge is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own the design and delivery of a scalable data platform powering analytics and AI across the business. You will lead data modelling, governance, and the implementation of AI-ready architectures, collaborating with CTO and stakeholders to align data strategy with objectives.

The role combines hands-on delivery with leadership, focusing on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Databricks/Snowflake), data governance, and real-time data processing to enable

Qualifications

• Proven senior Data Engineer or Lead Data role.
• Hands-on design and delivery of cloud data platforms.
• Experience with modern AI-enabled data architectures and MLOps is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, cloud-based data platforms.
• Translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Develop data models (conceptual, logical, physical).
• Implement AI-ready architectures (RAG, vector databases, embeddings, LLM integrations).
• Build data pipelines for batch and real-time processing.
• Lead data integration, transformation, and migration initiatives.
• Establish data governance, quality, metadata and security frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Evaluate new technologies and drive best practices.

Skills

Senior Data Engineer

Cloud-based data platforms

Data modelling

AI-enabled architectures

RAG/vector databases/LLM integrations

Batch and streaming processing

Data governance/quality/metadata

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

AWS

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Cloud Bridge is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own the design and delivery of a scalable data platform powering analytics and AI across the business. You will lead data modelling, governance, and the implementation of AI-ready architectures, collaborating with CTO and stakeholders to align data strategy with objectives.

The role combines hands-on delivery with leadership, focusing on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Databricks/Snowflake), data governance, and real-time data processing to enable