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Senior Data Engineer
£70,000 - 85,000
SoCode Limited
Cambridge Science Park 334-335, Cambridge
£70,000 - 85,000
Requirements
Must:
- Hands-on experience building Databricks lakehouses in cloud environments (AWS preferred).
- Strong background in data engineering within scaling or greenfield settings.
- A “data-as-a-product” mindset: quality checks, version control, documentation, and measurable business value.
- Solid engineering skills: Git, CI, automated tests, alerting, and monitoring.
- Collaborative, adaptable, and motivated by continuous learning.
- Excited to establish foundational patterns that others will follow.
Responsibilities
- Designing and shaping the foundations of a Databricks lakehouse platform (Unity Catalog, dimensions, facts, governance).
- Writing clean, performant Python and SQL, with strong use of Spark/PySpark.
- Integrating 3rd-party tools and connectors (CRM systems, discovery platforms) into a cohesive ecosystem.
- Taking ownership of components from inception to production, ensuring reliability and scalability.
- Championing best practices: CI/CD, testing, modular code, and clean architecture.
- Collaborating with stakeholders across R&D, Commercial, and beyond to solve real-world problems with elegant data solutions.
- Creating clear, concise technical documentation and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Description
We are an innovative, fast-growing organization on a mission to become truly data-driven. We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in designing and building a new Databricks-based lakehouse platform, which will serve as the foundation for unlocking advanced analytics and AI solutions across our business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a product-minded engineer who thrives in a greenfield environment and wants to shape data infrastructure that will directly impact real-world outcomes. If you are excited about building trusted, scalable data platforms from the ground up and want to see your work make a visible impact, we’d love to hear from you.
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