Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer – Up to £77k

Liverpool

Hybrid – 2 Days Onsite Per Week

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer to join a small, high-impact team where you’ll own the full data lifecycle — from ingestion and modelling to analytics enablement and optimisation. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys being hands-on while also shaping technical direction, mentoring others, and ensuring data drives meaningful business decisions.

What you’ll do:

• Design and deliver scalable data architectures across lakes, warehouses, and streaming platforms
• Build and maintain robust ETL pipelines for high-volume, multi-source data
• Develop data models to support analytics, reporting, and visualisation
• Optimise data pipelines and systems for performance and reliability
• Implement strong data quality and validation processes
• Work closely with engineers, analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to meet business needs
• Mentor junior engineers and champion best practices
• Evaluate and introduce modern tools, technologies, and cloud solutions
• Ensure documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the team

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer in an Agile environment
• Proficiency with Python, Java or Scala, plus SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with SQL Server / SSRS
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure or GCP) and familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a quality-driven mindset
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and writing complex queries
• Excellent communication and collaboration in fast-paced teams

Bonus points for:

• Experience with big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka)
• Knowledge of best practices in coding, data versioning, monitoring, and optimisation
• Understanding of cloud data services and distributed/parallel computing
• Workflow scheduling/monitoring experience
• Relevant degree (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)
• Curiosity, desire to learn, and ability to contribute to continuous improvement

Role is paying upto £77k, based in Liverpool, 2 days per week.