IT & Software

Senior Data Engineer

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Bristol · Bristol · United Kingdom

Overview

In this Senior Data Engineer role at a fast-growing UK-based software business, you will build scalable data solutions in Databricks to establish a single source of truth and empower trusted self-service analytics. You will own end-to-end data pipelines and collaborate across Finance, Product, Sales, Marketing and Engineering to translate business needs into technical solutions. You will shape the enterprise data architecture with a focus on scalability, security and performance, and embed data quality and governance across the data lifecycle. You will mentor a junior engineer and contribute to maturing a growing data function, gaining visibility into data strategy and platform evolution.

Pay / Benefits
  • health insurance
  • income protection
  • life assurance
  • subsidised gym membership
  • 25 days' holiday
  • birthday off
Responsibilities
  • Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and data products using Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL and Delta Lake
  • Develop and optimise ETL/ELT processes to ingest, transform and curate data from internal and external systems
  • Shape enterprise data architecture, balancing scalability, performance, security and maintainability
  • Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Product, Sales, Marketing and Engineering to translate business challenges into technical solutions
  • Embed data quality, governance and access controls throughout the data lifecycle
  • Mentor a junior engineer and help mature a growing data function
Key requirements
  • Senior level experience in data engineering with strong Databricks skills (PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake)
  • Advanced SQL and Python coding skills
  • Track record of building and optimising enterprise-scale data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions
  • Solid grounding in data architecture, modelling and modern data platform design
  • Cloud experience, preferably AWS (Azure also acceptable), and familiarity with CI/CD and source control best practice
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Problem solving and analytical thinking
  • Databricks
  • PySpark
  • Spark SQL

Reference: WJ-747_31173841 · Posted 01 Nov 2026

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