Senior Data Engineer
8 hours ago
St Albans
Senior Data Engineer – Hybrid (Hertfordshire, 1 day/week) Salary: £65,000–£75,000 + 10% discretionary bonus We’re partnering with a Private Equity–backed FMCG company. They are looking for a technically strong Senior Data Engineer to help shape and scale their data platform. The Role: You’ll play a key role in designing, building, and optimising data pipelines and platforms that support analytics and business decision-making. Working closely with data analysts and cross-functional teams, you’ll ensure data is accurate, timely, and accessible. Key Responsibilities: • Design, build, and maintain scalable ELT pipelines and transformation processes, • Mix of architecture, design, build, and execution, must be hands-on and able to wear multiple hats., • Optimise data warehouse performance, including partitioning, clustering, and query tuning, • Implement data quality frameworks, monitoring, and governance standards, • Build API integrations, webhooks, and automate data workflows, • Support BI tools and analytics teams with reliable, well-modelled data, • Maintain documentation, contribute to architectural decisions, and drive best practices Essential Requirements: • Strong SQL skills and experience with modern cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred), • ELT pipeline development and modern data stack understanding, • Solid software engineering practices (Git, testing, CI/CD), • Own pipeline health, monitoring, and optimisations., • API integration experience (REST APIs, webhooks, JSON, CSV, etc.), • Strong understanding of data governance, lineage, and access control, • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, • Ability to work autonomously and make strong technical decisions Desirable Skills: • dbt, • Python, • PostgreSQL or similar relational databases, • BI tools (QuickSight, Tableau, etc.), • Reverse ETL, ML pipeline support, agile environment experience About You: You’re a technically strong data engineer who enjoys both hands-on implementation and the broader architectural picture. You take ownership, collaborate effectively, and build scalable, maintainable data systems. You’re proactive, communicative, and passionate about enabling data-driven decision making.