Senior Data Engineer in Birmingham, West Midlands
Posted by Langham Recruitment
£60,000 a year
Birmingham · Permanent
We are currently working with a FTSE 250 housebuilder who are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join their team.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll join a small, highly collaborative team and play a key role in the development and evolution of the company's cloud-based data platform. You'll be responsible for developing and maintaining ETL pipelines, enhancing their in-house ingestion framework, administering the Databricks platform, and supporting a range of data initiatives across Business Intelligence, Analytics and AI.
This role would suit an experienced Data Engineer with strong Databricks, PySpark/Python and SQL expertise looking to step up in a senior role.
Responsibilities
- Development and maintenance of ETL pipelines
- Development and maintenance of our in-house ingestion framework
- Administration of the Databricks platform including data governance
- Supporting the Business Intelligence team in report development
- Supporting the wider business' data needs, including the AI lab and various other group functions
- Ideally a BSc / MSc in Computer Science (equivalent experience / similar degrees may also suffice)
- Databricks experience (ideally 3 years)
- Experience with Declarative Automation Bundles and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines would be beneficial
- Python (including pyspark and declarative pipelines)
- SQL (especially DBSQL, experience with Databricks-native AI functions is a plus)
- Databricks Data Engineering Associate / Professional Certifications
- git
- GitHub (including GitHub Actions)
- Star Schema Modelling
- Experience using Power BI or providing data for users of Power BI would be helpful in this regard
- Preparation of Feature Tables for Machine Learning
- Previous mentorship experience or line management would be a plus, but not essential
- £60,000 base salary
- £4,900 car allowance or equivalent company car
- Up to 12% annual bonus
- Private healthcare
- Discount scheme
- Hybrid Working from either York, Birmingham or Warrington office
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