Senior Data Engineer

Women Thrive Magazine; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-driven company in Leeds is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to oversee the design of scalable data pipelines and a centralized data lake. The role includes improving workflows, mentoring junior engineers, and influencing data strategy within a forward-thinking environment. The position offers a salary of £65,000 and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Flexible work arrangements are available, fostering a collaborative atmosphere focused on innovation.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Continuous professional growth opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data Engineer with designing and managing scalable pipelines.
• Proven track record in data extraction, transformation, and loading.
• Commercial experience with large-scale data storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable, automated data pipelines.
• Lead the setup of a centralized data lake for reporting initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in data team.

Skills

Data pipeline design

Cloud-based data infrastructures

ETL processes

AWS services

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

AWS Glue

Data Catalog

Job description

Senior Data EngineerFruition ITLeedsOur client is looking for a talented Data Engineer to play a key role in their ongoing digital transformation. This full-time, permanent position offers the chance to develop the initial data strategy, design scalable pipelines, and create a data lake that will be central to their reporting initiatives. If you are experienced in managing cloud-based data infrastructures and eager to drive innovative solutions, this role is perfect for you.**Data Engineer Responsibilities*** Design and maintain scalable, automated data pipelines to ingest, process, and deliver quality data across internal systems.* Lead the setup of a centralised data lake to unify data from various sources, supporting BI and analytics needs across the business.* Partner with teams across the business, including Product, Analytics, and IT, to ensure data requirements are met and that systems align with business goals.* Continuously improve data workflows by identifying optimisation and automation opportunities to enhance system performance.* Guide junior engineers by providing mentorship and fostering best practices within the data team.* Stay current with data engineering technologies and innovations, ensuring the infrastructure remains scalable and future-ready.**Data Engineer Requirements*** Demonstrated experience as a Data Engineer, with a proven track record of designing and managing scalable data pipelines.* Experience in a similar capacity, with a focus on designing and implementing robust data pipelines and infrastructure.* Thorough knowledge of ETL processes, with the ability to optimize data extraction, transformation, and loading.* Extensive commercial expertise with AWS, including services like Glue, Data Catalog, R and large-scale data storage solutions such as data lakes.* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to enhance and streamline complex data processes.* Strong communication skills, with experience working alongside technical and non-technical teams.* Influence the data strategy and define data architecture from the outset, a unique opportunity to set the direction without any pre-existing frameworks!* Flexible working arrangements, including remote work options.* A collaborative, forward-thinking work environment where innovation is encouraged.* Opportunities for continuous professional growth and development within a fast-growing, tech-driven company.We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.**Job Title:**Senior Data Engineer **Location:**Leeds, on-site 2x per week **Salary:**£65,000