Senior Data Engineer

Oxford
2 months ago
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Salary: Up to £75,000

I am working with a well-established financial services organisation that is undergoing a major transformation of its data and analytics capabilities. The data team plays a critical role in building scalable, cloud-first data solutions that provide actionable insights to support executive and operational decision-making. These insights underpin the organisation's growth strategy across both domestic and international markets.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will take an active role in shaping solution delivery against business requirements while contributing to the wider technical architecture and strategy. This is a hands-on position where you will spend most of your time developing robust data solutions while also mentoring a small team of Data Engineers to ensure adherence to best practices and governance standards.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Designing end-to-end data architecture aligned with modern best practices.
Building and managing ingestion pipelines using Databricks and related tools.
Developing PySpark/Spark SQL notebooks for complex transformations and cleansing.
Applying governance, security, and CI/CD best practices across cloud environments.
Leading technical discussions and producing professional documentation.To be successful in this role, you will have:

Hands-on experience with Databricks including Unity Catalog.
Strong PySpark/Spark SQL skills for large-scale transformations.
Experience integrating with diverse data sources such as APIs, cloud storage and databases.
Experience with the Azure cloud data platformSome of the package/role details include:

Salary up to £75,000
Hybrid working model - one day per week in office
25 days holiday plus bank holiday
Company pension scheme
Private healthcare
Exposure to cutting-edge Databricks projects and enterprise-scale data platformsThis is just a brief overview of the role. For the full details, simply apply with your CV and we'll be in touch to discuss it further

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