Senior Data Engineer - AWS

Senior Data Engineer - AWS

London Hybrid (3 days in office)

Full-time Permanent

£75,000 - £90,000 per annum

About the Role

We're seeking a technically skilled and commercially minded Senior Data Engineer with strong expertise in taking ownership over a product or task. This role sits within the Data Leadership Team and reports directly to the Head of Data.

You'll play a key part in shaping and evolving the organisation's event streaming analytics capability, ensuring there data ecosystem is future-proof, scalable, and impactful.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement event-driven architectures to meet business needs
• Develop, deploy, and maintain scalable event streaming systems (including stream analytics)
• Ensure compliance with security standards and regulations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate event data into wider systems
• Monitor and optimise system performance (latency, throughput, resource utilisation)
• Troubleshoot issues and deliver solutions for high availability and reliability

What We're Looking For

Experience

• 4+ years in a senior technical role, ideally within data engineering
• AWS stack: S3, EMR, EC2, Kinesis, Firehose, Flink/MSF
• Python & SQL
• Security and risk management frameworks
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Desirable

• Event streaming and event streaming analytics in real-world applications, or some exposure to Event streaming Architecture.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and CI/CD principles