AWS Data Engineer

Location: Leicestershire, hybrid
Salary: circa £70,000 – £80,000

Summary:
We are looking for a hands‑on Data Engineer to lead the build of a modern AWS‑based data platform, taking ownership from core infrastructure through to curated, business‑ready datasets.

• Design, build, and operate a scalable AWS data platform, including storage, compute, security, and monitoring
• Develop robust, idempotent ETL pipelines across diverse data sources (APIs, databases, files, and event streams)
• Implement medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold) to transform raw data into high‑quality, analytics‑ready datasets
• Establish infrastructure‑as‑code and CI/CD practices to ensure reproducibility and continuous improvement
• Own data modelling, master data management, and aggregation layers to support reporting, analytics, and ML use cases

• Proven experience building and running production data platforms on AWS end‑to‑end, ideally in a multi‑site business environment
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with hands‑on experience in Spark/PySpark and modern table formats (e.g. Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi)
• Expertise in AWS data services (e.g. S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Step Functions, Kinesis) and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform or CDK)
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow or similar
• Ability to design scalable architectures, make pragmatic trade‑offs, and communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK. Our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.