Staff Data Engineer

Trades Workforce Solutions; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-driven company in the UK is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to enhance its Data function. You'll work on optimizing user acquisition for millions and have the freedom to choose the latest technologies. The role offers a salary up to £100k with a 10% bonus, hybrid working, and generous leave policies. Ideal candidates will have strong Python skills and expertise in modern data architecture, cloud technologies, and eventing systems.

Benefits

10% Bonus

Pension up to 7.5%

30 days work from anywhere

27 days holiday (raising to 32)

L&D budget

Health insurance

Excellent maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Qualifications

• Expertise in dimensional modelling, data mesh, and data lake.
• Knowledge of best practices such as agile, CI/CD, IaC, and observability.
• Experience with technologies like Spark, Databricks, and BigQuery.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Data function optimizing user acquisition and retention.
• Scale and improve the Data function for millions of users.
• Autonomy over technology selection and implementation.

Skills

Strong Python & TDD skills

Modern data architecture expertise

Experience with Cloud and big data technologies

Familiarity with eventing technologies

Job description

Wanttodriveatopbrand'sDatateamwith1m+users?

If you love Python, implementing robust data pipelines & driving best Data practices, you might be interested in a Staff Data Engineer role with a highly successful Tech driven business, where you’d drive the Data function playing a key role optimising the acquisition & retention of users.

Your work will serve millions of users a month, process thousands of requests a day, and enable hundreds of integrations with partners.

Salary to £100k + 10% Bonus, pension to 7.5%, Hybrid working (2 days in the Cardiff office), 30 days per year "work from anywhere", 27 days holiday (raising to 32), L&D budget, Health insurance, excellent maternity/paternity/adoption leave.

What you'll like:

• You'd scale & improve atopbrand's Data function, optimising retention of millions of users & having a all life impact
• You'd have autonomy over Tech pick the latest, best languages/frameworks for the job!
• You'll have broad career progression opportunities across Group, which includes several high profile household name

What you'll bring:

• Strong Python & TDD skills
• Expertise in modern data architecture (dimensional modelling, data mesh, data lake) & best practices (agile, CI/CD, IaC, observability).
• Experience with Cloud and big data technologies (e.g. Spark/Databricks/DeltaLake/BigQuery).
• Familiarity with eventing technologies (e.g. EventHubs/Kafka) & file formats such as Parquet/Delta/Iceberg.

Want to learn more? Get in touch for an informal chat.