Senior Databricks Data Engineer — Build Platform, Remote UK

hireful; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Gym membership

25 days holiday + birthday off

Job summary

Hireful in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the creation of scalable data solutions on Databricks, establishing a single source of truth and enabling trusted, self‑service data access across the business. The role is remote within the UK with occasional visits to London, offering a salary of up to £85,000 plus a 10% bonus and extensive benefits.

You will design and maintain data pipelines, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with Finance, Product, Sales and

Qualifications

• Senior data engineer with hands-on Databricks skills.
• Advanced SQL and Python coding skills.
• Track record of building and optimising enterprise-scale data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions.
• Solid grounding in data architecture, modelling and modern data platform design.
• Cloud experience, preferably AWS (Azure acceptable) with CI/CD and source control knowledge.
• Desirable ML/AI and predictive modelling exposure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and data products using Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL and Delta Lake.
• Develop and optimise ETL/ELT processes to ingest, transform and curate data from internal and external systems.
• Shape enterprise data architecture, balancing scalability, performance, security and maintainability.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Product, Sales, Marketing and Engineering to turn business challenges into technical solutions.
• Embed data quality, governance and access controls throughout the data lifecycle.
• Mentor a junior engineer and help mature a growing data function.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Python

Cloud

CI/CD

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

Spark SQL

Delta Lake

Job description

Hireful in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the creation of scalable data solutions on Databricks, establishing a single source of truth and enabling trusted, self‑service data access across the business. The role is remote within the UK with occasional visits to London, offering a salary of up to £85,000 plus a 10% bonus and extensive benefits.

You will design and maintain data pipelines, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with Finance, Product, Sales and