Senior Data Engineer

MCS Group are delighted to be partnering with a growing technology-led business in expanding its data and analytics function. Data is a core asset for the organisation, and the team is focused on building high-quality data products that support decision-making across commercial, financial, and operational teams.

A growing technology-led organisation is strengthening its data platform and operations capability. The focus is on building reliable, observable, and scalable data pipelines that support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across the business.

We're looking for a Data Engineer to take ownership of data orchestration and platform reliability
. This is a key hire responsible for improving the stability, visibility, and performance of data pipelines across the organisation.

You'll work closely with Analytics Engineers and other teams, with plenty of collaboration and support, while owning data engineering concerns end to end.

• Own and improve data pipeline orchestration
• Build and maintain pipelines using Python
• Use Dagster to schedule, monitor, and manage data workflows
• Improve data platform stability, observability, and reliability
• Proactively identify and fix pipeline issues
  
  Work end to end across multiple systems and dependencies
• Collaborate closely with Analytics Engineers and cross-functional teams
• Support analytics, reporting, and conversational analytics use cases

• Dagster (core requirement)
• Python (core requirement)
• Cloud data warehouse (currently Big Query;
  Snowflake experience a plus
  )
• Git Hub Actions / CI workflows
• Some exposure to dbt helpful (models are orchestrated via Dagster)

• Experience as a Data Engineer or Data Platform Engineer
• Strong background in orchestration and data operations
• Comfortable owning pipelines end to end
• Experience improving reliability and monitoring in data systems
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work across teams
• Mid to senior level experience preferred

• High-ownership role with real impact on platform stability
• Clear focus on data ops and orchestration
• Close collaboration with analytics and product teams
• Opportunity to help shape the future data platform
• Be part of a brand new founding team in Belfast
• Remote first company

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please contact Rachael Walker, IT Recruitment Manager at MCS Group  or click the apply button below.

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