Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer - AWS / ETL / Python

Location: West midlands - mostly remote with some trips to office
Salary: 65K - 80k

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a growing technology-focused organisation delivering scalable, enterprise-grade data solutions within a modern cloud environment.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building robust data platforms from the ground up and working across large-scale ETL, cloud-native services, API integrations, and data governance initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain scalable ETL pipelines and data ingestion processes across a wide variety of structured and unstructured data sources
Develop data extraction solutions using RESTful APIs and modern integration techniques
Work extensively with AWS-native data and analytics services including Glue, Athena, DataBrew, Lake Formation, EMR, MSK and Kinesis
Implement data quality, profiling and validation processes to ensure integrity, accuracy and completeness of datasets
Contribute within an Agile delivery environment, supporting the design, development and deployment of Java and REST-based domain data services
Support scalable, high-performance systems aligned to modern MACH architectural principles
Ensure best practice around data governance, security, privacy and compliance standards
Develop and optimise data processing solutions using Python and Java
Deliver high-performing, scalable solutions capable of supporting growing business demand

Key Skills & Experience

5+ years' experience within Data Engineering or related development roles
Strong SQL development and optimisation experience
Hands-on experience across AWS technologies including S3, Redshift, RDS, MySQL and PostgreSQL
Strong understanding of data modelling, data structures, indexing, normalisation and reporting principles
Experience tuning and optimising complex queries and large datasets
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical data solutions
Experience implementing and maintaining data governance and data standards
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with a passion for learning new technologies
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking team working on modern cloud-based data platforms and enterprise-scale transformation projects.

Please apply asap if interested - GleeIT

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