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As our Senior Data Engineer, you’ll help build a cutting-edge data mesh platform that empowers teams with scalable, reliable, and high-quality data. \nYou love getting deep into architecture and tooling, but you also understand the bigger picture, how data transforms into real business value. In this role, your work will directly influence how product, analytics, AI, and business teams use and trust their data every day.\nHow you will make a difference:\nBuild, maintain, and optimize end-to-end data pipelines using dbt, Python, PySpark, Polars, and SQL.\nOperate and enhance our AWS data infrastructure, including Glue, Athena, S3, and supporting tools.\nDesign and evolve Apache Iceberg tables, managing schema evolution, partitioning, compaction, and efficient storage.\nDrive data quality, observability, lineage, and monitoring across the entire data platform.\nTranslate business and analytical needs into scalable, maintainable, and high-performing data solutions.\nCollaborate with data scientists, analysts, engineers, and product teams to deliver clean, trusted datasets and APIs.\nContribute to the ongoing evolution of our data mesh, developing new patterns, enhancements, and architecture improvements.\nBuild AI/ML-ready data environments and datasets that enable intelligent products and predictive insights.\nDocument systems, design decisions, and processes to ensure clarity, consistency, and smooth onboarding.\nWhat will make you stand out: \nHands-on experience in data engineering, data infrastructure, or platform roles.\nDeep expertise with dbt, Python, and SQL, building reliable and scalable pipelines.\nExtensive experience with AWS services: including Glue, Athena, S3, IAM, and related tools.\nProven production experience with Apache Iceberg or similar table formats / lakehouse technologies.\nSkilled in PySpark and/or Polars for processing large-scale datasets efficiently.\nTrack record of designing scalable, modular data architectures that evolve with business needs.\nExceptional communicator, able to translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.\nThrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments, adapting to shifting priorities with ease.\nConfidence in mentoring or guiding junior engineers, fostering team growth and knowledge sharing.\nExperience building data systems for AI/ML applications, bringing models and analytics to life.\nFamiliarity with pipeline orchestration patterns and best practices, streamlining workflows.\nHands-on exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CDK, helping automate and scale infrastructure.\nExperience with data cataloging, lineage, or governance tools, improving trust and visibility across datasets.\nExperience with real-time or streaming data pipelines, adding speed and responsiveness to data flows.\nWe are committed to pay transparency and equal pay for equal work at Safeguard Global. Compensation decisions are based on objective criteria including skills, experience, scope of responsibility, and market benchmarking, in line with internal salary structures.\nWe are hiring this position across multiple countries, compensation varies by hiring location. For target markets within the European Union (EU) , the base salaries start from:\nSpain: €75,000\nPortugal: €75,000\nWho we are and what we do:\nSafeguard Global is….global! With offices worldwide and a workforce in 50+ counties, we enable global expansion without the risk by helping 1,500+ customers to hire, manage, and pay their employees in nearly 190 countries. It's all about people! Join us to meet diverse folks, explore new cultures, and connect with amazing talent from around the globe.\nOur Global Benefits:\n Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work. \n Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family \nMake a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in \nCorporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan. \nInternational environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise. \n⭐ Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve. \nLearning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace. \nNext Steps:\nTo apply, please click on the following link. We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stage should your application meet the position's requirements, or provide a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time.\nWelcome to the future of work!\nAt Safeguard Global, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and Guardians.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5237,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Employer of Record & PEO","Payroll Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T16:18:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-13T16:47:24Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/safeguard-global-senior-data-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/safeguard-global-senior-data-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-13T16:47:24Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":33663,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58787},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58787"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsafeguard-global-senior-data-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsafeguard-global-senior-data-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsafeguard-global-senior-data-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/safeguard-global-senior-data-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsafeguard-global-senior-data-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4263872}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"safeguardglobal.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4263872},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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