Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer About Reply:

Reply specialises in designing and implementing solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Structured as a network of highly specialised companies, Reply supports leading European industrial groups in sectors such as Telco & Media, Industry and Services, Banking and Insurance, and Public Administration, helping define and develop business models enabled by new paradigms such as AI, Cloud Computing, Digital Media, and the Internet of Things.

Reply’s services include Consulting, System Integration, and Digital Services.

Role Overview :

As a Senior Data Engineer at Reply, you will architect and deliver modern, cloud-native data platforms for enterprise clients undergoing digital and AI-driven transformation. This is a hands-on leadership role combining deep technical expertise with client-facing consulting, where you will design scalable lakehouse and ELT-first architectures, embed best practices across governance and observability, and build production-grade data platforms that unlock value from customer, product, and operational data.

Responsibilities:

Lead end-to-end data work streams across enterprise data platform and transformation programmes. Design and implement scalable lakehouse architectures and modern ELT-first transformation layers (e.g., dbt). Translate business requirements into robust data models, pipelines, and semantic/metrics layers. Establish data contracts, data quality frameworks, governance standards, and observability practices.

Build and optimise batch and event-driven pipelines using cloud-native tooling.

Implement CI/CD, version control, and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform) within analytics engineering environments. Guide client roadmaps, run architecture discussions, and communicate trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders. About the Candidate:5–7+ years’ experience in data engineering or modern data platform development.

Proven experience delivering cloud-native data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Strong SQL and Python skills, with deep experience in modern data stack tooling (e.g., dbt, Airflow or Dagster, Spark, Snowflake, Big Query, Databricks). Experience designing lakehouse architectures and ELT-based transformation workflows. Practical experience implementing data governance, lineage, quality, and observability frameworks. Familiar with CI/CD practices and Infrastructure-as-Code in data/analytics environments. Comfortable leading client-facing engagements and shaping technical direction in complex environments.

Reply is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to embracing diversity in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, identity, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status or parental status or any other characteristic protected by the Law.  

Reply is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, please let us know of any Reasonable Adjustments you may need.

Requisition ID11012
- Posted
10/26/2026-Technology-Years of Experience (1)5-7

Where (1)
United Kingdom