Senior Data Engineer (UK)

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for building core infrastructure software (pipelines, APIs, data modelling) as part of our client's data platform team. Your work will include instrumenting systems for performance, and enhancement throughout.

Requirements

• Proven experience writing highly maintainable, performant Python and JavaScript code;
• Experience building modern data pipelines using dbt, Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, AWS Lambda, and Apache Airflow (or similar);
• Understanding of Data Modelling patterns;
• Deep knowledge of complex SQL, with emphasis on Common Table Expressions, window functions, and their performance;
• Experience with end-to-end monitoring & alerting experience (CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.);
• Problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs;
• Comfortable working in a dynamic production environment and taking care of client expectations effectively;
• Distinct customer focus and quality mindset;
• Experience working closely with engineering leadership and architects to deliver high-quality solutions;
• Experience maintaining a high degree of ownership and transparency in deliverables;
• An exemplar of YLD’s brand and safe-guarder of our reputation;
• Exceptional communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas simply;

Benefits

• Company Private Health care (currently provided by BUPA)
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
• Company’s Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
• £2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
• £300 annual allowance for additional hardware
• Mental Health support: access to Spill app
• Meditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription
• Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)
• Company laptop
• Generous referral schemes