Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer ( SQL / BigQuery / Airflow / Terraform )

London / Hybrid

70-80k base plus super and equity

A fast-growing, data-driven organisation is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure and workflows that power analytics and decision-making across the business. This role suits an engineer who’s passionate about data warehousing, data operations, and cloud infrastructure, with strong technical foundations and a focus on delivering robust, production-ready solutions.

This will suit an experienced Data Engineer with a passion for the modern tech stack and an appetite for AI, ideally from a start-up or Tech company background.

If you’re proactive, ambitious and ready to join a rocketship that’s well and truly taking off, this one is for you!

Day to day responsibilities for the Senior Data Engineer ( SQL / BigQuery / Airflow / Terraform ) include :

• Build and maintain data pipelines and warehouse solutions using BigQuery (or similar cloud platforms).
• Write high-performance SQL and implement data models optimised for analytics and scalability.
• Use Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate deployments and manage cloud resources.
• Orchestrate workflows with Airflow or Dagster, ensuring reliability and visibility across data pipelines.
• Implement best practices in data governance, monitoring, and data quality.
• Collaborate with analytics, product, and engineering teams to deliver clean, trusted data assets.

Required experience for the Senior Data Engineer ( SQL / BigQuery / Airflow / Terraform ) include :

• 5+ years’ experience in data engineering or similar roles.
• Strong skills in SQL, BigQuery, Terraform, and IaC principles.
• Experience with orchestration tools like Airflow or Dagster.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, data ops, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Comfortable owning end-to-end workflows, with strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience working with dbt as an ELT

Why Join?

• Work in a modern data environment with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.
• Collaborate with a passionate, fast-moving team tackling complex data challenges.
• Competitive salary, growth opportunities, and flexible working arrangements.

If you’re a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable data systems and enabling smarter business decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

Keywords: SQL / BigQuery / Airflow / Dagster / Terraform / IAC / DataOps / Infrastructure / Platform Engineer / Data Engineer