Senior Data Engineer

Job description. Senior Data Engineer Location: Belfast (Hybrid) Eligibility: UK work authorisation required This is a standout opportunity for a senior data engineer to take ownership of a company's data platform from the ground up. You'll be the first dedicated data hire, shaping how data is designed, built and used across the organisation, with clear scope to grow into a future Head of Data role as the platform and team scale. You'll sit at the intersection of data engineering, analytics and application architecture, influencing decisions early and building foundations that will support high-volume, business-critical data use cases. Why join? * Greenfield data platform with real architectural ownership * Senior IC role with clear progression and influence * Hybrid working with a strong engineering culture * Exposure to high-scale, event-driven and IoT-style data * Competitive package, benefits and learning support What you'll be doing: * Designing and owning the analytics and data platform strategy * Building scalable, reliable data pipelines across batch and streaming use cases * Defining high-quality analytical models and sources of truth * Advising product and engineering teams on data modelling and event design * Optimising data platforms for performance, cost and scale * Establishing governance, data quality and security best practices * Acting as the go-to data subject matter expert across the business What you'll bring: * Significant experience in data engineering or data platform roles * Strong AWS experience (e.g. S3, Lambda, Glue, Kinesis) * Expert SQL and solid Python skills * Hands-on experience with modern data warehouses * Experience with orchestration tools Interested? Get in touch with Justin Donaldson to learn more or apply. Skills: Python SQL AWS data engineer