Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Permanent, Full-Time

Remote (UK) with some travel

Salary: £70,000 – £75,000

Venturi are working with a highly reputable, data-focused consultancy is looking to expand its team by hiring an experienced Senior Data Engineer.

In this role, you will deliver complex data solutions, contribute to enterprise-scale projects, and mentor junior engineers. You’ll work across multiple domains, helping clients achieve measurable outcomes while developing deep technical expertise and progressing toward a leadership role.

The Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, enterprise-scale data solutions and supporting the technical success of projects.

This role combines hands-on technical expertise, client-facing consultancy, mentorship, and contribution to engineering standards, while maintaining accountability for delivery quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

You will:

• Design, develop, and support complex data pipelines and platforms (e.g., Databricks, Data Factory, Fabric, Synapse, SQL pools).
• Ensure solutions meet standards for performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to architecture and solution design.
• Remain hands-on with complex or critical technical challenges.
• Contribute to engineering practices, CI/CD processes, and reusable frameworks.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery with business objectives.
• Support delivery risk management and ensure timely, high-quality project completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and test maintainable, high-quality data solutions.
• Deliver data platforms and pipelines within a cloud-based data ecosystem.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and optimisation efforts.
• Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and CI/CD.
• Support and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with senior technical staff to align with standards and requirements.
• Participate in workshops and technical discussions.
• Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and commercially viable.

Technical Expertise

• Strong experience with modern lakehouse and SQL/MPP architectures.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and tooling (e.g., Databricks, Data Factory, Fabric, Data Lake, DevOps).
• Proficiency in Python, Spark, and SQL.
• Experience with performance tuning and optimisation.
• Understanding of distributed systems, security, governance, and networking.

Consultancy & Collaboration Skills

• Comfortable in client-facing environments.
• Ability to translate technical solutions into business value.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers.

Certifications (at least one)

Relevant data engineering certifications (e.g., Databricks or cloud provider certifications).

Experience & Background

• Experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Proven track record across multiple projects or domains.
• Experience mentoring or supporting technical development.
• Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Additional Requirements

Must reside in and be eligible to work in the UK.

Visa sponsorship is not available.