Data Engineer

Acorn Group
Liverpool
1 month ago
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Data Engineer

We are seeking a talented and experienced Data Engineer to join our innovative and collaborative Database and AI Team. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping our data strategy and driving business success.


Job Overview

Job Title: Database Engineer


Location: Liverpool City Centre on a hybrid working basis


Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 depending on experience


Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm


What you will be doing

  • Design and implement robust data ingestion pipelines for unstructured data using modern data engineering tools and frameworks.
  • Develop and maintain scalable storage solutions (e.g., data lakes, NoSQL databases) optimized for unstructured data.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure data availability, quality, and usability.
  • Apply data parsing, extraction, and transformation techniques (e.g., NLP, OCR, image/audio processing).
  • Implement data governance, metadata management, and data cataloging for unstructured data assets.
  • Monitor and optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy and security standards.
  • Share knowledge and mentor team members.
  • Stay ahead of the curve with the latest database technologies.
  • Experience with real-time cloud streaming solutions.

What we are looking for

  • Experience dealing with unstructured data including voice, chat, image.
  • Proven ability to manage secure, high-performance database environments.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • A passion for continuous learning and innovation.

Desirable skills

  • Databricks.
  • Azure Fabric.
  • Confluent/Apache Flink Knowledge.

Benefits

  • 35 days’ holiday (including bank holidays) with additional buy/sell options.
  • 24/7 mental health support & free counselling available.
  • Grow with us: Through career fairs, leadership programs, and learning on the go!
  • Flexible benefits, including early access to salary via our internal platform.
  • Hybrid working options to support work-life balance and individual needs.
  • Recognition awards, social events & more.


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