Senior Data Engineer - Spark & Databricks Optimisation

Akkodis
Lincolnshire
1 week ago
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Senior Data Engineer- Spark & Databricks Optimisation- Up to £55K

North Lincolnshire / Hybrid (2 days onsite) Major performance, optimisation & AI-driven projects

Are you a Data Engineer who loves solving performance challenges, optimising compute, and getting stuck into large-scale data environments? This one is very much for the techies, a platform that's already established but now scaling hard across the business, creating huge opportunities to improve speed, cost efficiency, and unlock advanced analytics and AI use cases.

My well-known client needs someone who can take real ownership as the platform evolves into its next phase.

They're at a pivotal moment. Data usage across the organisation is skyrocketing, and they're investing heavily into improving how data flows, how it's processed, and how modern analytics teams consume it. You'll be right at the centre of this evolution, shaping best practice, enhancing performance, and driving measurable improvements.

I'm looking for a Senior Data Engineer who has worked in production environments and understands what "good" looks like across modern data platforms. Someone who knows Python and SQL inside out, and who can improve pipelines, optimise Spark workloads, and make smart architectural decisions that genuinely impact runtime and cost.

Tech-wise, you'll have hands-on experience with a modern cloud ecosystem. ideally Databricks (but AWS, Azure or GCP ...

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