Senior Data Engineer
Permanent, Full-Time
Remote (UK) with some travel
Salary: £70,000 – £75,000
Venturi are working with a highly reputable, data-focused consultancy is looking to expand its team by hiring an experienced Senior Data Engineer.
In this role, you will deliver complex data solutions, contribute to enterprise-scale projects, and mentor junior engineers. You’ll work across multiple domains, helping clients achieve measurable outcomes while developing deep technical expertise and progressing toward a leadership role.
The Role
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, enterprise-scale data solutions and supporting the technical success of projects.
This role combines hands-on technical expertise, client-facing consultancy, mentorship, and contribution to engineering standards, while maintaining accountability for delivery quality and efficiency.
Responsibilities
You will:
- Design, develop, and support complex data pipelines and platforms (e.g., Databricks, Data Factory, Fabric, Synapse, SQL pools).
- Ensure solutions meet standards for performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Provide technical guidance and contribute to architecture and solution design.
- Remain hands-on with complex or critical technical challenges.
- Contribute to engineering practices, CI/CD processes, and reusable frameworks.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery with business objectives.
- Support delivery risk management and ensure timely, high-quality project completion.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and test maintainable, high-quality data solutions.
- Deliver data platforms and pipelines within a cloud-based data ecosystem.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and optimisation efforts.
- Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and CI/CD.
- Support and mentor junior engineers.
- Collaborate with senior technical staff to align with standards and requirements.
- Participate in workshops and technical discussions.
- Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and commercially viable.
Technical Expertise
- Strong experience with modern lakehouse and SQL/MPP architectures.
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms and tooling (e.g., Databricks, Data Factory, Fabric, Data Lake, DevOps).
- Proficiency in Python, Spark, and SQL.
- Experience with performance tuning and optimisation.
- Understanding of distributed systems, security, governance, and networking.
Consultancy & Collaboration Skills
- Comfortable in client-facing environments.
- Ability to translate technical solutions into business value.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience mentoring engineers.
Certifications (at least one)
Relevant data engineering certifications (e.g., Databricks or cloud provider certifications).
Experience & Background
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions.
- Proven track record across multiple projects or domains.
- Experience mentoring or supporting technical development.
- Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Additional Requirements
Must reside in and be eligible to work in the UK.
Visa sponsorship is not available.
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