Senior Data Engineer
8 hours ago
Belfast
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead delivery of data engineering workstreams within large-scale data platform and migration programmes. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with consulting leadership, ensuring the successful design, delivery and operation of modern data platforms while working closely with client stakeholders. You will play a key role in shaping architecture decisions, mentoring engineers and driving delivery across complex engagements. • Lead design and implementation of enterprise-scale data pipelines, lakehouse and data warehouse architectures, • Provide technical leadership across modern cloud data platforms and distributed processing frameworks, • Drive delivery of data engineering workstreams within Agile programmes, • Engage with client stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions, • Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices, • Lead architecture and design discussions with architects and platform teams, • Oversee performance optimisation and platform reliability, • Support data migration strategy and execution, • Ensure governance, security and compliance standards are met, • Produce architecture documentation, design artefacts and delivery roadmaps, • 7+ yearsâ experience in data engineering or data platform development, • Strong experience with modern cloud data platforms, Spark and distributed data processing, • Experience with data cataloguing and governance tooling, open table formats (e.g. Delta Lake, Iceberg) and streaming architectures, • Advanced Python and Microsoft SQL Server development, • Proven experience leading engineering teams or workstreams, • Strong stakeholder engagement and consulting skills, • Working knowledge of Hadoop, • Experience with test-driven development and CI/CD, • REST APIs and Kafka experience, • Hands on experience with databricks a distinct advantage, • Experience leading data platform migrations, • Experience managing delivery in large transformation programmes, • Experience delivering projects in regulated environments #J-18808-Ljbffr