Senior Data Engineer
Job Title : Data Engineer
Location : Southampton
Who are we recruiting for?
Our client is a technology-driven maritime organisation transforming operations at sea through robotics, autonomy, and data. They operate a global fleet generating large volumes of mission-critical data and are building a modern data platform to enable analytics, operational decision-making, and AI in safety-critical environments.
What will you be doing?
• Building and evolving the first version of a cloud-based data platform (AWS or Azure)
• Designing pragmatic data architectures with clear technical trade-offs
• Developing robust pipelines for telemetry, sensor, and operational data
• Implementing data quality controls, monitoring, and alerting
• Managing schemas, metadata, lineage, and dataset ownership
• Embedding security best practices: encryption, access control, auditability
• Delivering reusable datasets and data products (not one-off extracts)
• Documenting standards to enable future scale and growth
Are you the ideal candidate?
• Proven experience delivering production-grade data platforms end-to-end
• Strong data architecture and systems design capability
• Hands-on Python and strong SQL skills
• Cloud experience in AWS or Azure (multi-cloud a bonus)
• Experience with time-series, telemetry, or high-volume operational data
• Solid data modelling skills for analytics and ML use cases
• Strong focus on data quality, testing, and reliability
• Experience with CI/CD, IaC, version control, and observability
• Security-aware mindset and disciplined delivery approach
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineers and operators
What’s in it for you?
• Work on cutting-edge technology transforming a traditional industry
• Play a key role in building a greenfield data platform
• Opportunities to grow beyond your role across multiple disciplines
• Collaborative, values-driven culture with real-world impact
• Be part of a team tackling complex operational and sustainability challen