Staff Data Engineer: Scalable Data Pipelines (Remote)

Oviva; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid work

Learning budget

Home working allowance

Flexible hours

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Oviva is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team and shape how we collect, model, and serve data across the organization. You will own building reliable, scalable data systems from source ingestion to end-to-end data products.

You will leverage SQL, Python, and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift) and orchestrate batch or streaming pipelines with Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster, partnering with analytics, data science, and product engineering.

Qualifications

• Extensive background in professional data engineering with a proven track record of designing end-to-end data systems.
• Solid expertise in SQL and Python, experience with cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift), and data transformation tools (such as dbt).
• Practical experience building and operating batch or streaming pipelines using orchestration tools like Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster.
• Strong communicator: writing clear technical specifications and explaining complex trade-offs to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Growth mindset: open to feedback, curious to learn, and driven to make an impact.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build data systems: Design and implement scalable data pipelines, transformation layers, and data products with clear documentation.
• Drive technical quality: Define best practices for testing, data modeling, CI/CD pipelines, and data quality frameworks.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives: Collaborate with analytics, data science, and product engineering to translate business goals into sound technical designs.
• Ensure reliability & performance: Proactively monitor pipeline health and optimize data infrastructure so our teams can depend on trustworthy data.
• Empower the team: Support team growth through code reviews, technical pairing, and sharing knowledge

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Airflow

Communication

Tools

BigQuery

Snowflake

Redshift

dbt

Dagster

Job description

Oviva is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team and shape how we collect, model, and serve data across the organization. You will own building reliable, scalable data systems from source ingestion to end-to-end data products.

You will leverage SQL, Python, and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift) and orchestrate batch or streaming pipelines with Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster, partnering with analytics, data science, and product engineering.