Senior Data Engineer

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Overview

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale the data systems that support our web platform and factory operations. As our first dedicated data hire, this role is hands-on and high impact. You will set the standards for data architecture, reliability, and governance, ensuring pipelines are clean, monitored, and resilient. Your work will create a single source of truth for analytics, reporting, and future AI/ML use cases.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable data architecture across Snowflake, AWS Aurora/RDS, and core AWS services
  • Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for web data, factory telemetry, and third-party integrations
  • Ensure data reliability through monitoring, alerting, and best practices in pipeline resilience
  • Define data models and schemas, and establish best practices for data governance
  • Collaborate with software and hardware engineering to guarantee smooth and scalable data flows
  • Provide analytics-ready datasets to enable BI, reporting, and stakeholder insights
  • Optimise cost, performance, and security across the data stack

Qualifications

  • Strong experience as a Data Engineer (ideally in a startup or fast-scaling tech environment)
  • Deep expertise with Snowflake (architecture, modelling, performance tuning)
  • Strong knowledge of AWS Aurora/RDS and relational database design
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python (or similar languages for data pipelines)
  • Familiarity with modern data tooling (Airflow, dbt, Kafka, Fivetran, AWS Glue, etc.)
  • Architectural mindset: balancing scalability, performance, reliability, and cost
  • Excitement about being the first data hire and shaping the company's data foundations

Nice to Haves

  • Experience with data from manufacturing, IoT, or factory systems
  • Knowledge of BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI)
  • Passion for music, media, or creative industries

Benefits

  • Industry-Leading Salary Package: Highly competitive salary package
  • Generous Paid Holiday: 25 days of paid holiday
  • Comprehensive Pension Scheme
  • On-Site Parking
  • Cutting-Edge Tech Office Environment
  • Medical Insurance

Work Location

  • Hybrid work model with at least 2 days per week in our Kings Cross office

Seniority level

  • Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Full-time
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Location:
City Of London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT & Technology

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