Senior Data Engineer

Cognify Search
City of London
2 days ago
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Senior Data Engineer


AI SaaS | Data as a Product | London (Hybrid)


This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who loves solving problems at the intersection of data and product and wants real ownership in a fast-scaling company.


I’m partnering with a high-growth SaaS business with a standout product and serious traction. They're already profitable, backed by strong investors, and scaling quickly to meet demand. This is your chance to get in early.


Here, data isn't a support function, it's the product.


You'll help complex organisations implement and expand a platform that's reshaping how the industry operates through advanced analytics and AI to drive real-time decision-making.


You’ll be:

  • Building and optimising scalable data pipelines
  • Integrating complex systems
  • Turning messy, real-world problems into clean technical solutions.
  • Contributing to new features as the platform evolves


They’re building a small, elite engineering team in London and are looking for engineers who want visible impact.


This is not another dashboard product or incremental feature work, and it's not a company where engineering sits in the background.


Engineers here:

  • Build mission-critical systems used by C-suite leaders
  • Solve complex data challenges
  • Develop AI-enabled workflows in production
  • Take ownership from design through to deployment
  • See their work influence major organisations


Requirements:

  • Strong Python and data fundamentals
  • Experience working with data pipelines or distributed systems
  • Experience in data, analytics engineering, platform engineering or technical consultancy
  • Experience with modern data tooling such as Databricks, Snowflake, DBT, and Airflow.


Why now?

The company is scaling rapidly across industries.

Join now and you’ll:

  • Shape how the platform evolves
  • Learn directly from senior technical and business leaders
  • Take on real responsibility and have meaningul progression


If you’re excited by data, product, real-world impact and want to accelerate your career, then apply below.

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