Senior Data Engineer

Company: Qodea

Location: City of Edinburgh

Posted: April 11th, 2026

Qodea Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Qodea is Europe's leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that's energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data and analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you'll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We're always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

What you'll do:

Develop and maintain automated data processing pipelines using Google Cloud:

Design, build, and maintain data pipelines to support data ingestion, ETL, and storage
Build and maintain automated data pipelines to monitor data quality and troubleshoot issues

Implement and maintain databases and data storage solutions:

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in big data and data engineering
Ensure data quality, accuracy, and completeness

Implement and enforce data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality and accuracy:

Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to design and optimise data models for analytical and reporting purposes
Develop and maintain data models to support analytics and reporting
Monitor and maintain data infrastructure to ensure availability and performance

Requirements

What you'll bring:

Experience in performing a technical leadership role on projects and contributing to technical decision making during in-flight projects
A track record of being involved in a wide range of projects with various tools and technologies, and solving a broad range of problems using your technical skills
Demonstrable experience of utilising strong communication and stakeholder management skills when engaging with customers
Significant experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or Hive
Familiarity with data warehousing and ETL tools such as Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, or Apache Airflow
Proficiency in Python and at least one other programming language such as Java, or Scala
Willingness to mentor more junior members of the team
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and in a team environment

Desirable Skills:

Certified in Google Cloud (Professional level) or equivalent certification with another cloud provider
Experience working within a consulting organisation

How you'll grow:

As a Senior Data Engineer with Qodea, you'll be involved in projects to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that enable the efficient processing and analysis of large, complex data sets.

You'd join a highly collaborative, creative and supportive team working to deliver solutions that surpass our customers expectations, enabling them to utilise cutting-edge tools and technologies to derive value and insights from their data.

We're a dedicated Google Cloud Partner, which means that you'd be working on projects involving GCP services. Previous experience of GCP is not essential, but we'd expect you to have experience of one of the major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP).

Benefits

Competitive salary
Private healthcare scheme
Company pension
Death in Service - 4x annual salary
10 paid learning days per year
Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
Generous annual leave policy and your birthday off (36 days inclusive of bank holidays)
Length of service awards
Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
Market leading parental leave policies
Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don't see every day

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at careers@qodea.com or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting

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