Senior Data Platform Engineer - Own Scalable AWS Platforms

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer in the United Kingdom to own and scale cloud-based data infrastructure. You will design data interfaces, manage AWS workloads and collaborate with Data Scientists to drive analytics capabilities.

The role offers significant ownership, direct exposure to senior leadership and a path to steer future platform directions as the business grows. A genuine passion for data culture and football is a plus.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python, AWS, and relational databases.
• Experience building and scaling data platforms and pipelines.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code and cloud-native design.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable storage patterns and data interfaces.
• Operate and scale AWS-based workloads.
• Improve reliability, observability and performance of data platforms.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists and Analysts to deliver analytics solutions.
• Own systems from design through production and ongoing improvement.

Skills

Python

AWS

SQL

Infrastructure as Code

Distributed Systems

Monitoring

Production Engineering

Job description

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer in the United Kingdom to own and scale cloud-based data infrastructure. You will design data interfaces, manage AWS workloads and collaborate with Data Scientists to drive analytics capabilities.

The role offers significant ownership, direct exposure to senior leadership and a path to steer future platform directions as the business grows. A genuine passion for data culture and football is a plus.