Senior Data Engineer: Build Our Data Platform (Remote UK)

Cenosco; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Cenosco is building a new data platform and seeks a Senior Data Engineer to shape its architecture, tooling, and the single source of truth for our products and teams.

You will design from scratch, evaluate Snowflake/Databricks, and integrate data from multiple sources while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Domain Expertise. This role offers remote UK work with a small, autonomous team and a strong emphasis on ownership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering.
• Experience in SaaS or Data-as-a-Service environments.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Hands-on experience building ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Strong data modelling skills (dimensional or lakehouse).
• Production experience with a modern cloud data platform (Snowflake or Databricks; BigQuery or Synapse welcome).
• Experience integrating data from multiple heterogeneous sources.
• Experience influencing architectural and tooling decisions and communicating trade-offs.
• Comfortable operating without a backlog, structure, or playbook.
• Fluent English and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a data platform from scratch, from ingestion to modelling to consumption.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and select suitable technologies (Snowflake, Databricks, or alternatives).
• Research and implement a single source of truth across the data landscape.
• Connect and consolidate data from multiple IMS databases and other sources; build reliable ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Develop data models serving product and analytical needs.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Domain Expertise and other departments to translate business needs into data solutions.
• Raise quality through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Help shape engineering practices and standards as the team grows.

Skills

SQL

Python

ELT pipelines

Data modelling

Cloud platforms

Architectural decisions

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Synapse

Job description

Cenosco is building a new data platform and seeks a Senior Data Engineer to shape its architecture, tooling, and the single source of truth for our products and teams.

You will design from scratch, evaluate Snowflake/Databricks, and integrate data from multiple sources while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Domain Expertise. This role offers remote UK work with a small, autonomous team and a strong emphasis on ownership.