Staff / Lead Data Engineer

ZipRecruiter; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known technology business in Edinburgh is seeking a Staff/Lead Data Engineer to join their data team. This senior role involves technical design and implementation of critical data infrastructure, along with mentoring other engineers. Ideal candidates should possess extensive experience and strong expertise in modern data tools.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Strong expertise in modern data tools and frameworks.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data systems and architecture standards.
• Lead technical design and code reviews.
• Provide mentorship to junior data engineers.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Architecture

SQL

Python

Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Databricks

Cloud Services

ETL/ELT Pipelines

Job description

Job Description

Net Talent are partnering with a well-known technology business in Edinburgh who are looking to grow their hugely successful data team and are looking for a Staff/Lead Data Engineer to lead the technical design and implementation of their most critical data infrastructure and products.

This is a senior level individual contributor role and will have responsibility for designing scalable systems, setting data architecture standards and solving complex technical challenges that power analytics, data science and business function use cases across the company.

The need someone to provide Technical leadership and guidance to other Data Engineers and contribute to the teams growth as well as lead technical design and code reviews, mentoring peers and raising the bar for engineering excellence.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a focus on building scalable data systems and platforms.
• Strong expertise in modern data tools and frameworks such as Spark, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Databricks, and cloud- services (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Deep understanding of data modeling, distributed systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, and streaming architectures
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming (e.g., Python, Scala, or Java)
• Demonstrated experience owning complex technical systems end-to-end, from design through production
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Ideally they would be looking for someone to be in the office 1 or 2 days a week but can be done remotely if needed.

Please note: You must have full UK working rights to apply for this role.