Senior Data Engineer

Matchtech • Certification required • Bachelor's Degree • Python • SQL • ETL/ELT • Azure Data Factory • 2 months ago
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$79k per year
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In office (London)
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Matchtech

Matchtech is a UK engineering and technology recruitment agency headquartered in Whiteley near Fareham, Hampshire, placing contract, temporary and permanent staff with clients. Founded in 1984, it covers aerospace, automotive, maritime, defence and security, energy, highways, rail, water and utilities, construction and technology, and also offers managed service, RPO and recruit-train-deploy programmes for employers such as BAE Systems, Leonardo and NATS. Its vacancies, posted on behalf of clients, include civil, mechanical, process and EICA engineers, CAD technicians, software developers, project managers and site staff across the UK.
matchtech.com • HQ: Whiteley, United Kingdom • Government • Science & Engineering • Professional Services • 11-50 employees • Est. 1984

Senior Data Engineer (Databricks)

Salary £65,000

Type Full time, permanent

Hours 37.5 per week

Location Remote or Hybrid UK, with occasional Richmond office attendance (a couple of times per month)

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Retail Insight Data and Engineering team, contributing to the design, development and day to day operation of our Databricks environment. You will build reliable, scalable pipelines and help shape engineering standards, working closely with the Lead Data Engineer and partnering with data science, analytics and product teams.

Key responsibilities

* Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Databricks, Apache Spark and Delta Lake

* Develop and optimise batch and streaming workflows for reliability and performance

* Contribute to lakehouse architecture and medallion pattern implementation

* Implement data quality checks, monitoring and observability across pipelines

* Apply platform security, access control and governance standards

* Support code reviews and high engineering quality standards

* Identify cloud cost optimisation opportunities

* Translate business requirements into technical solutions

* Contribute to documentation and continuous improvement

Required experience

* Strong experience delivering production grade Databricks pipelines

* Strong Spark, Delta Lake and Databricks Workflows experience

* Python and SQL proficiency

* Experience on Azure data platforms such as Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, Azure DevOps, or equivalent on AWS or GCP

* Understanding of data modelling, ETL and ELT patterns, distributed processing

* Experience implementing data quality checks and pipeline monitoring

* Strong communication and stakeholder management

Desirable

* Databricks certification

* Unity Catalog and Databricks Asset Bundles

* Terraform or Bicep

* dbt or similar transformation frameworks

* Retail or CPG data exposure such as POS, inventory, supply chain

* Streaming technologies such as Kafka or Event Hubs

Education

* Degree in computer science, data engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience

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