Senior Data Engineer

G.Digital
Wigan
9 months ago
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Senior Data Engineer (AWS) |£60,000 - £65,000 | North West (hybrid - 2/3 days onsite)


A fast-scaling, tech-forward company is looking for aSenior Data Engineerto take ownership of its AWS-based data platform — powering insights across ecommerce, fulfilment, and digital operations. This is a hands-on, high-impact role focused on building clean, scalable data pipelines and enabling smarter, faster decision-making across the business.


If you’re someone who loves system thinking, clean code, and solving real-world data problems — this is a chance to shape the foundation of a modern, analytics-driven company.


🧩What You'll Be Doing

  • Designing and maintaining automated data pipelines using AWS (Glue, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, Athena).
  • Turning raw, messy data intoclean, reliable, query-ready datasetsused by commercial, operational, and marketing teams.
  • Defining and evolving thedata architectureto support scale, cost-efficiency, and data quality.
  • Building validation layers, anomaly detection, and alerting to ensuretrustworthy, production-grade pipelines.
  • Working with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. CDK, Terraform) to manage data infrastructure securely and repeatably.
  • Drivingbest practices in observability, documentation, and governance.
  • Supporting self-serve analytics teams with robust data foundations — not one-off SQL fixes.
  • Actively mentoring analysts and collaborating across product, tech, and operations.


🔧What You’ll Bring

  • 5+ years in data engineering or backend development focused on data platforms.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, especiallyGlue, Athena, Lambda, and S3.
  • Proficient inPython (ideally PySpark)andmodular SQLfor transformations and orchestration.
  • Solid grasp of data modeling (partitioning, file formats like Parquet, etc.).
  • Comfort with CI/CD, version control, and infrastructure-as-code tools.


If this sends like you then send your CV!

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