Senior Data Engineer Python AWS SQL - Start-up

Client Server
Manchester
2 months ago
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Senior Data Engineer (Python AWS SQL) Manchester / WFH to £110k


Are you a data technologist who enjoys taking ownership?


You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on Data Engineer role at a technology start-up that is producing a software suite for legal firms that massively reduces para-legal workloads, they have seen huge interest in the product and have a lot of greenfield development work to get stuck into.


What's in it for you:

  • Salary to £110k
  • 25 days holiday
  • Pension
  • Hybrid working (x3 days office in Manchester)
  • Impactful role with excellent career progression opportunities as the company scales


Your role:

As a Senior Data Engineer you will take ownership of the data platform, optimising it for scalability to ensure successful client onboarding. You'll use modern tools (such as Airflow, Prefect, Dagster or AWS Step Functions) for ETL design and orchestration, work on transformation logic to clean, validate and enrich data (including handling missing values, standardising formats and duplication), use Redshift for efficient loading strategies and write ETL pipelines that handle large volumes of data efficiently, with low latency.


Location / WFH:

You'll join a small but growing team based in Central Manchester three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.


About you:

  • You are a Senior Data Engineer with a strong knowledge of modern software engineering best practices
  • You have indepth AWS experience across storage, compute and orchestration services
  • You have strong Python scripting / coding skills for data wrangling and pipeline development
  • You have strong SQL and NoSQL skills for complex transformations and validation queries
  • You have experience with Docker and CI/CD for deployment
  • You're collaborative with great communication skills


Apply now to find out more about this Senior Data Engineer (Python AWS SQL) opportunity.


At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

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