Senior AWS Data Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)
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Summary
A 12-month fixed-term contract building the AWS lakehouse behind Microlise's new customer-facing analytics and AI platform. Day to day: designing pipelines and governed data products with S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, DMS and Step Functions, plus SQL, dbt and Python, applying lakehouse/medallion and Data Mesh governance patterns.
Senior AWS Data Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)
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Join Microlise as a Senior AWS Data Engineer on a 12-month fixed term contract and help build the data foundations behind the next generation of customer-facing analytics and AI products.
This is a hands-on engineering role in a major cloud data platform programme, where youll help turn operational, telematics, customer and third-party data into trusted, reusable data products that power dashboards, APIs, self-service analytics, machine learning and future generative AI services.
Youll work with modern AWS managed services, lakehouse architecture, Data Mesh principles and governance-by-design patterns to create data that is reliable, discoverable, secure and ready for real customer impact.
If you enjoy building robust data platforms, solving complex integration problems and shaping how data enables better products, this is an opportunity to do meaningful engineering work that will be reused across the Microlise product portfolio.
What Youll Be Doing Make a visible impact on customer-facing analytics and AI
Microlise is investing in an Analytics and AI platform that connects data across multiple complex operational systems and third-party sources. Your work will help make that data trusted, governed and easy to reuse, enabling faster analytics delivery, richer customer insights, API-driven data services and future AI capabilities.
The pipelines, models and governance patterns you build wont sit in the background. They will directly influence how data is trusted, shared and turned into value for customers and internal teams.
Start by building something customers will use
Your first focus will be helping to deliver an initial customer-facing analytics data product on the new platform, while establishing reusable engineering patterns for future products.
Build AWS lakehouse pipelines using services such as S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, DMS and Step Functions
Transform operational data into governed, reusable products for dashboards, APIs and customer-facing analytics
Build in data quality, lineage, metadata and access controls from the start
Work with architecture, platform engineering and analytics teams to create delivery patterns that can scale across the wider product portfolio
Build, shape and scale a modern AWS data platform
Youll be part of the team turning platform strategy into working, production-ready data capabilities.
Design, build and optimise cloud-native data pipelines, lakehouse structures and reusable data products on AWS
Ingest and transform data from operational systems using batch, CDC, event, file and API patterns
Use lakehouse and medallion architecture concepts to move data from raw ingestion through to curated, business-ready products
Create resilient transformations, quality checks and orchestration patterns that support reliable customer-facing analytics
Embed governance by design, including metadata, lineage, data contracts, access controls and tenant-aware data handling
Collaborate closely with architecture, platform engineering, product and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions
Support product-level observability, performance optimisation, cost awareness and operational reliability
What Were Looking For Bring the skills to turn data into trusted products
Were looking for someone who can combine strong engineering delivery with curiosity, ownership and a practical understanding of how data becomes trusted business value.
Hands-on experience designing and delivering data engineering solutions on AWS
Strong SQL, dbt and Python skills, with experience building scalable pipelines, transformations and reusable datasets
Good understanding of lakehouse architecture, medallion patterns, data modelling, data quality and data governance
A collaborative, ownership-led mindset and the confidence to work with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders
Experience with analytics, BI, API or AI-ready data products would be highly valuable
Familiarity with data contracts, metadata, lineage, product ownership or Data Mesh concepts would help you succeed
Why Microlise? When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof-of-purchase solutions has probably been used. Our solutions deliver value to many of the UKs leading grocery retailers and food logistics providers as well as to household names including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose, and Royal Mail.
Proudly Midlands-based, Microlise has been operating for over thirty years, and recently became a Publicly Listed Company with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.
We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals
37.5 hour week with flexible working opportunities
Access to our salary sacrifice EV Car Scheme - payments are made before tax and other contributions, so saving you money, whilst doing your bit for the environment!
Great Place to Work certified We have been recognised by the global authority on workplace culture, so come be a part of our success!
Private medical insurance with Vitality Health including rewards for members such as: Free Amazon Prime, Apple Watch, discounted gym membership and many more!
25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays, increasing with service
Invested in employee health and well-being with over 20 mental health first aiders in the business
Employee Assistance Programmes
Free Costco membership, 20% off EE mobile and line rental, and other local discounts
Great staff extras: Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards
Recruitment Process For successful candidates, interviews will take place whilst the advert is still live, via telephone and video conferencing; so dont delay getting your application in!
As part of the Microlise interview process, youll need to attend an in-person interview at our Head Office in Eastwood, Nottingham, for at least one of the interview stages.
Recruitment Agencies Whilst we make every effort to directly source candidates for our live roles, we do have a very small preferred supplier list on the occasion we may require additional support. xwwtmva We therefore do not accept speculative CVs and/or cold calls to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Managers.
Do you have the following skills, experience and drive to succeed in this role Find out below.
When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed.
Join Microlise as a Senior AWS Data Engineer on a 12-month fixed term contract and help build the data foundations behind the next generation of customer-facing analytics and AI products.
This is a hands-on engineering role in a major cloud data platform programme, where youll help turn operational, telematics, customer and third-party data into trusted, reusable data products that power dashboards, APIs, self-service analytics, machine learning and future generative AI services.
Youll work with modern AWS managed services, lakehouse architecture, Data Mesh principles and governance-by-design patterns to create data that is reliable, discoverable, secure and ready for real customer impact.
If you enjoy building robust data platforms, solving complex integration problems and shaping how data enables better products, this is an opportunity to do meaningful engineering work that will be reused across the Microlise product portfolio.
What Youll Be Doing Make a visible impact on customer-facing analytics and AI
Microlise is investing in an Analytics and AI platform that connects data across multiple complex operational systems and third-party sources. Your work will help make that data trusted, governed and easy to reuse, enabling faster analytics delivery, richer customer insights, API-driven data services and future AI capabilities.
The pipelines, models and governance patterns you build wont sit in the background. They will directly influence how data is trusted, shared and turned into value for customers and internal teams.
Start by building something customers will use
Your first focus will be helping to deliver an initial customer-facing analytics data product on the new platform, while establishing reusable engineering patterns for future products.
Build AWS lakehouse pipelines using services such as S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, DMS and Step Functions
Transform operational data into governed, reusable products for dashboards, APIs and customer-facing analytics
Build in data quality, lineage, metadata and access controls from the start
Work with architecture, platform engineering and analytics teams to create delivery patterns that can scale across the wider product portfolio
Build, shape and scale a modern AWS data platform
Youll be part of the team turning platform strategy into working, production-ready data capabilities.
Design, build and optimise cloud-native data pipelines, lakehouse structures and reusable data products on AWS
Ingest and transform data from operational systems using batch, CDC, event, file and API patterns
Use lakehouse and medallion architecture concepts to move data from raw ingestion through to curated, business-ready products
Create resilient transformations, quality checks and orchestration patterns that support reliable customer-facing analytics
Embed governance by design, including metadata, lineage, data contracts, access controls and tenant-aware data handling
Collaborate closely with architecture, platform engineering, product and analytics teams to deliver scalable data solutions
Support product-level observability, performance optimisation, cost awareness and operational reliability
What Were Looking For Bring the skills to turn data into trusted products
Were looking for someone who can combine strong engineering delivery with curiosity, ownership and a practical understanding of how data becomes trusted business value.
Hands-on experience designing and delivering data engineering solutions on AWS
Strong SQL, dbt and Python skills, with experience building scalable pipelines, transformations and reusable datasets
Good understanding of lakehouse architecture, medallion patterns, data modelling, data quality and data governance
A collaborative, ownership-led mindset and the confidence to work with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders
Experience with analytics, BI, API or AI-ready data products would be highly valuable
Familiarity with data contracts, metadata, lineage, product ownership or Data Mesh concepts would help you succeed
Why Microlise? When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof-of-purchase solutions has probably been used. Our solutions deliver value to many of the UKs leading grocery retailers and food logistics providers as well as to household names including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose, and Royal Mail.
Proudly Midlands-based, Microlise has been operating for over thirty years, and recently became a Publicly Listed Company with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.
We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals
37.5 hour week with flexible working opportunities
Access to our salary sacrifice EV Car Scheme - payments are made before tax and other contributions, so saving you money, whilst doing your bit for the environment!
Great Place to Work certified We have been recognised by the global authority on workplace culture, so come be a part of our success!
Private medical insurance with Vitality Health including rewards for members such as: Free Amazon Prime, Apple Watch, discounted gym membership and many more!
25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays, increasing with service
Invested in employee health and well-being with over 20 mental health first aiders in the business
Employee Assistance Programmes
Free Costco membership, 20% off EE mobile and line rental, and other local discounts
Great staff extras: Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards
Recruitment Process For successful candidates, interviews will take place whilst the advert is still live, via telephone and video conferencing; so dont delay getting your application in!
As part of the Microlise interview process, youll need to attend an in-person interview at our Head Office in Eastwood, Nottingham, for at least one of the interview stages.
Recruitment Agencies Whilst we make every effort to directly source candidates for our live roles, we do have a very small preferred supplier list on the occasion we may require additional support. xwwtmva We therefore do not accept speculative CVs and/or cold calls to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Managers.