Senior Data Engineer
A fast-growing, cloud-first technology scale-up is hiring its first dedicated Data Engineer to build and own a modern analytics and data platform from the ground up.
This is a foundational, hands‑on role with real influence across architecture, data strategy, and how product teams design and expose data. Ideal for a senior IC who wants scope, autonomy, and a clear path to owning data end-to-end as the business scales.
What you’ll be doing
- Designing and building a scalable data platform on AWS
- Creating robust batch and streaming data pipelines
- Owning analytical data models (SQL / dbt) used across the business
- Partnering with engineering teams on data modelling and data contracts
- Optimising for cost, scale, governance, and data quality in a high-volume environment
What they’re looking for
- 5+ years in data engineering / data platform roles
- Strong AWS experience (e.g. S3, Lambda, Glue, Kinesis)
- Expert SQL and solid Python
- Experience with modern data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect) and dbt
- Comfortable operating at architecture level, not just pipelines
Nice to have
- Streaming or event‑driven architectures
- IoT / high-volume telemetry data
- IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation)
- Scale‑up or startup experience
Why this role
- First data hire with genuine ownership
- Influence platform direction from day one
- High‑impact work in a growing, mission‑driven tech company
- Strong progression as the data function scales
Get in touch for full info - submit your CV or contact Carol Donnelly on carol@vivatechtalent.com