Data Engineer

Kids Planet Day Nurseries
Broomedge, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Last week
£40,000 – £60,000 pa

Salary

£40,000 – £60,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
24 Apr 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

Highly discounted childcare Free breakfast, lunches and healthy snacks including fresh fruit Birthday Leave Enhanced Maternity, Paternity Fertility and Adoption leave Fertility Leave Anniversary Awards Employee Assistance Programme Professional Development Career Progression

Our people are what make our family great. As a proud family-run business, we see childcare as a profession, not just a job. We’re passionate about helping our teams grow and be the best they can be!

Kids Planets is a prominent nursery group in the United Kingdom, currently operating at more than 250 locations. Established in 2008 with only 4 sites, the company has experienced substantial growth over the years. We possess extensive data across our applications and are seeking a Data Engineer to develop our platform and data driven approach. We require a dynamic engineer who has experience with Python, SQL, API’s and a passion for all things data.

The Data Engineer will work aside our Lead Engineer to drive development of the data warehouse and data usage in the business. They will maintain and improve our APIs to deliver business value.

If you are a highly motivated individual with some experience but want to grow your career in data engineering along with gaining training and qualifications, then this is the role for you

Key Responsibilities

* Design and maintain large-scale data processing systems and infrastructure.

* Create and manage robust data pipelines to collect, clean, and transform raw data into usable formats for analytics and reporting.

* Collaborate with data analysts, product managers, and software engineers to deliver high-quality data solutions.

* Monitor data performance to make improvements and automation.

* Develop and support data warehouse architectures, including ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes.

* Implement best practices for data governance, security, and compliance.

* Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in a timely manner.

* Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies in data engineering and analytics.

* Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of data architecture, processes, and policies.

Qualifications

* Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field;

* Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.

* Strong proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala.

* Experience with data modelling, ETL development, and data warehousing solutions

* Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)

* Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

* Strong communication and collaboration abilities.

Nice to Have’s:

Knowledge of maintaining API’s between multiple applications

Benefits

The company offers great benefits such as:

* Highly discounted childcare

* Free breakfast, lunches and healthy snacks including fresh fruit.

* Birthday Leave

* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity Fertility and Adoption leave.

* Fertility Leave

* Anniversary Awards

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Professional Development

* Career Progression

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