Senior Data Platform Engineer: Lead Scalable Pipelines & ML

EasyJet Plc; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 20% bonus

25 days holiday

BAYE and SAYE share schemes

Life Insurance

Work Away Scheme

Flexible benefits package

Staff travel benefits

Job summary

easyJet is seeking a Senior Platform Data Engineer to lead our data engineering team. You will build robust, scalable data pipelines and work with data scientists to deploy models in a fast-paced airline environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, Python and cloud data tools, plus a passion for delivering data-driven value across the business. Hybrid working is offered with strong staff benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building data solutions on cloud-based distributed systems.
• Hands-on development with Python, SQL and modern release practices (CI/CD, TDD).
• Familiarity with Databricks, Spark and data quality tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust, scalable data pipelines to serve analysts and data scientists.
• Collaborate with data scientists and DevOps to deploy ML models and algorithms.
• Coach and mentor team members including contractors to raise standards.
• Partner with Business Analysts to deliver against requirements and realise benefits.
• Build a data catalogue and maintain documentation for code/products.
• Ensure code quality and governance in each release.

Skills

Clear communication

Data-driven mindset

Self-directed

Collaborative teamwork

Problem solving

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Python

SQL Server

Scala

Terraform

AWS

Job description

easyJet is seeking a Senior Platform Data Engineer to lead our data engineering team. You will build robust, scalable data pipelines and work with data scientists to deploy models in a fast-paced airline environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, Python and cloud data tools, plus a passion for delivering data-driven value across the business. Hybrid working is offered with strong staff benefits.