Senior Data Engineer

Base pay range

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Location: Colchester, Essex (Hybrid 3 days per week in the office)

An established technology organisation that is now going through significant change and growth is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help design, build, and secure a modern data platform that supports business‑critical systems in regulated environments. This is a really exciting greenfield project where you can pick your own tools, then design and build it out.

This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful, large‑scale data platforms, ensuring data is accurate, accessible, compliant, and cost‑effective, while enabling analytics and data‑driven decision‑making across the organisation.

You’ll take ownership of the end‑to‑end data platform, including pipelines, governance, and security. Working closely with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders, you’ll establish scalable, repeatable data practices and help shape the future data architecture.

• Design and build end‑to‑end data pipelines, data lakes, and data warehouses using Databricks or Snowflake on Azure
• Integrate ETL/ELT tools and cloud services for batch and real‑time data processing
• Define and implement standards for data modelling, orchestration, version control, and data quality (e.g. dbt, Airflow)
• Embed security best practices, including RBAC, encryption, masking, and regulatory compliance
• Collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders to define data requirements, SLAs, and governance frameworks
• Optimise data platform performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Automate monitoring, alerting, and recovery to ensure reliability and data integrity
• Drive adoption of Dev Ops practices for data, including CI/CD and infrastructure as code

You’ll be someone who:

• Has a security‑first mindset and strong understanding of responsible data handling
• Is comfortable working in ambiguous environments and owning delivery end to end
• Thrives in fast‑paced, collaborative teams
• Is proactive about continuous improvement and learning new data technologies
• Communicates clearly and shares knowledge with others

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer working with modern data platforms
• Hands‑on expertise with Databricks and/or Snowflake
• Proven background building and supporting production‑grade data pipelines
• Solid understanding of data governance, security, and compliance
• Experience optimising distributed data systems for performance and cost

• Competitive benefits package, the chance to work with some exceptional people and teams on really exciting real world changing work.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

• Information Technology
• Software Development, IT System Data Services, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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