Fruition IT | Senior Data Engineer

Fruition IT
Leeds
3 months ago
Applications closed

Job Title:Senior Data Engineer

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Location:Leeds, on-site 2x per week
Salary:Up to £85,000

Why Apply?
Our client is looking for a talented Data Engineer to play a key role in their ongoing digital transformation. This full-time, permanent position offers the chance to develop the initial data strategy, design scalable pipelines, and create a data lake that will be central to their reporting initiatives. If you are experienced in managing cloud-based data infrastructures and eager to drive innovative solutions, this role is perfect for you.

Data Engineer Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain scalable, automated data pipelines to ingest, process, and deliver quality data across internal systems.
  • Lead the setup of a centralised data lake to unify data from various sources, supporting BI and analytics needs across the business.
  • Partner with teams across the business, including Product, Analytics, and IT, to ensure data requirements are met and that systems align with business goals.
  • Continuously improve data workflows by identifying optimisation and automation opportunities to enhance system performance.
  • Guide junior engineers by providing mentorship and fostering best practices within the data team.
  • Stay current with data engineering technologies and innovations, ensuring the infrastructure remains scalable and future-ready.

Data Engineer Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience as a Data Engineer, with a proven track record of designing and managing scalable data pipelines.
  • Experience in a similar capacity, with a focus on designing and implementing robust data pipelines and infrastructure.
  • Thorough knowledge of ETL processes, with the ability to optimize data extraction, transformation, and loading.
  • Extensive commercial expertise with AWS, including services like Glue, Data Catalog, R and large-scale data storage solutions such as data lakes.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to enhance and streamline complex data processes.
  • Strong communication skills, with experience working alongside technical and non-technical teams.

What's in it for me?

  • Influence the data strategy and define data architecture from the outset, a unique opportunity to set the direction without any pre-existing frameworks!
  • Flexible working arrangements, including remote work options.
  • A collaborative, forward-thinking work environment where innovation is encouraged.
  • Opportunities for continuous professional growth and development within a fast-growing, tech-driven company.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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