Staff Implementations Data Engineer — Scale, Security & Impact

Altana Ai; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team environment

Diverse & inclusive workplace

Societal impact projects

Job summary

Altana Ai in London is seeking a Staff Implementations Data Engineer to join the Platform Operations & Compliance team, focusing on integrating our products with clients to deliver insights.

You will design and optimize distributed data pipelines, ensure security and governance, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and customers to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or closely related fields.
• Proven expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining complex data models from diverse sources and schemas.
• Experience leading the entire lifecycle of data ingestion and standardization pipelines at scale.
• Commitment to sustainable software development, self-healing data workflows, and data security/governance.
• Familiarity with deploying and integrating software solutions in client cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), including EC2, S3, IAM, and Dockerized microservices.
• Experience mentoring and guiding other engineers on complex data engineering projects.
• Willingness to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance or possess an active clearance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with external customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance distributed big-data pipelines that support Altana’s advanced network analysis, machine learning, data ingestion, and fusion functionalities.
• Drive the scalability of Altana’s technology to adapt to the changing needs of customers.
• Ensure platform reliability, manage costs, and oversee compliance with security reviews and accreditations.
• Act as the technical authority during client meetings, translating complex governmental requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes engineers, data scientists, and product managers.
• Assess and suggest new tools, technologies, and best practices for the development, orchestration, and deployment of data pipelines.

Skills

Data engineering

Data modeling

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

EC2

S3

IAM

Dockerized microservices

Job description

Altana Ai in London is seeking a Staff Implementations Data Engineer to join the Platform Operations & Compliance team, focusing on integrating our products with clients to deliver insights.

You will design and optimize distributed data pipelines, ensure security and governance, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and customers to translate requirements into scalable solutions.