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Senior Data Engineer (Databricks)

Akkodis
Oxfordshire
20 hours ago
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Senior Data Engineer (Databricks)

Full Time / Permanent

£70,000 - £80,000 + car allowance, generous bonus, private medical and other extensive benefits

Hybrid - 1 day a week in the Oxfordshire head office required

The Company:

My client is an industry leading and award-winning financial services organisation who operate on a global scale. They are headquartered in Oxfordshire, UK and also have offices throughout the UK, Europe and the US.

The Role:

We are looking for a driven and experienced Senior Data Engineer with extensive Databricks experience to join a rapidly growing in house Data team during an exciting period of change. This is a role where you can really make your mark and impact change very quickly .

As the Lead Engineer for the Data Team, you will operate within an Agile delivery environment, working closely with the Head of Data, Data Product Manager and Data Architect to ensure your team maintains a pipeline of delivery against the Backlog; providing vital insight from a wide-ranging dataset to support executive and operational decision making that will underpin sustained growth of business units domestically and internationally.

Whilst you will oversee and set technical direction for a small team this is very much a hands-on role, where the majority of your time will be spent actively developing solutions.

You will need to be happy commuting to the Oxfordshire head office once a week.

The Person:

The successful candidate must have proven experience operating as a Senior Data Engineer with the ability to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and solutions.

You must be able to work closely with the Data Architect to interpret data architecture designs into actionable build plans and lead the development of data processing workflows.

From a technical standpoint you must possess:

  • Extensive Databricks experience including Unity Catolog and Spark SQL
  • Strong programming skills, preferably in Python and SQL
  • Strong knowledge and experience in Azure, including working with Azure Data Factory and Azure Storage Accounts
  • Experience working with Terraform to define, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure as code in a scalable and repeatable manner, integration and automation of CI/CD data pipelines to support deployment of data services and environments.

Contact:

Please apply via the link or contact for more information.

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.


Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.


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