Principal Data Engineer

Oliver Bernard
London
8 months ago
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Hybrid working in Central London
Pays £100k-£120k

Data Engineer - Python, SQL, ETL Pipelines, AWS/GCP

Oliver Bernard have partnered with Central London based Start-Up company who are looking to expand their Data function. You'll be joining a small engineering team, who are looking to make a huge impact within the Telecoms industry.

They key focus for the role is building, scaling and maintaining their AWS & GCP data infrastructure, whilst being highly proficient with modern Data Warehousing and scaling ETL processes.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a start-up environment, collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, where strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential to succeed in this role.

Data Engineer - Python, SQL, ETL Pipelines, AWS/GCP

Key skills and requirements:

Demonstrated experience as a Data Engineer scaling Data heavy platforms
Strong understanding of ETL pipelines and Data Architectures
Python, SQL & Python libraries (Pandas & Spark)
Modern Data Warehousing tools
AWS/GCP experience
Experience working in high-growth start-up or scale-up environments (essential)

Hybrid working in Central London
Pays £100k-£120k
Unfortunately, visa sponsorship is unavailable and you must be UK based to be considered

Data Engineer - Python, SQL, ETL Pipelines, AWS/GCP

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