Full Stack Data Engineer

Capgemini
Birmingham
4 months ago
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The Job You're Considering

The Cloud Data Platforms team is part of the Insights and Data Global Practice and has seen strong growth and continued success across a variety of projects and sectors. Cloud Data Platforms is the home of the Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Solutions Architects and Business Analysts who are focused on driving our customers' digital and data transformation journey using modern cloud platforms.


We specialise on using the latest frameworks, reference architectures and technologies using AWS, Azure and GCP and continue to grow. We are looking for talented individuals who want to join our high performing team. If you would like to develop your career as part of a team of highly skilled professionals who are passionate about increasing the value of data and analytics in organisations, you have come to the right place.


Your Role

We are looking for a versatile Full Stack Data Engineer to join our team and drive the development of scalable data platforms and web applications. This role blends data engineering expertise with full stack development skills, enabling the delivery of robust, cloud‑native solutions that support analytics, automation, and digital transformation.



  • Data Engineering, Full Stack & Platform Development
  • Design and implement scalable data pipelines using tools such as Apache Spark, Airflow, or dbt. Build and maintain data lakes, warehouses, and real‑time streaming solutions.
  • Develop APIs and microservices to expose data securely and efficiently.
  • Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance across platforms.
  • Design, code, test, and deploy scalable and efficient web applications using modern technologies.
  • Work closely with designers, product managers, and other developers to create seamless user experiences.
  • Create responsive and interactive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front‑end frameworks such as React (must), Angular, Vue.js, and TypeScript.
  • Build and maintain server‑side logic, databases, and APIs using Spring and Java.
  • Experience with cloud‑native microservices architectures deployed on Kubernetes, hosted on Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and ArgoCD.
  • Optimize application performance for speed, scalability, and reliability.
  • Maintain clean, well‑documented code and conduct peer code reviews.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer and Data Engineer.
  • Proficiency in front‑end technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React (must), Angular, Vue.js.
  • Strong back‑end development skills: Java and Node.js (must); Python or Ruby on Rails is a plus.
  • Experience with cloud‑native architectures and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Familiarity with Red Hat OpenShift. Experience with CI/CD tools and version control systems (Git, GitHub, ArgoCD).
  • Excellent problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps culture.
  • Exposure to data visualization tools (Power BI, Fabric) or custom dashboards.

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.


What does "Get The Future You Want" mean for you?
Your Wellbeing

You'll be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2023. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained "Mental Health Champions" across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.


Shape your Path

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's "learning for life" mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.


Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free‑thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.


About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55‑year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end‑to‑end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market‑leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.


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