Senior Data Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Ubique Systems
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Data Engineer role based in Glasgow involves designing and implementing efficient ETL processes using Python and DataBricks. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy and consistency throughout the engineering lifecycle. The engineer will also be responsible for maintaining data pipelines and conducting code reviews while working in an agile environment. Proficiency in cloud services and data warehousing solutions is essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and design efficient, scalable, and reliable ETL processes using Python and DataBricks.
- Developing and deploying ETL jobs that extract data from various sources, transforming it to meet business needs.
- Taking ownership of the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, including data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and loading, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Creating and managing data pipelines, ensuring proper error handling, monitoring, and performance optimizations.
- Working in an agile environment, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Conducting code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and enforcing coding standards to maintain high quality.
- Developing and maintaining tooling and automation scripts to streamline repetitive tasks.
- Implementing unit, integration, and other testing methodologies to ensure the reliability of the ETL processes.
- Utilizing REST APIs and other integration techniques to connect various data sources.
- Maintaining documentation, including data flow diagrams, technical specifications, and processes.
Key Skills:
- Proficiency in Python programming, including experience in writing efficient and maintainable code.
- Hands-on experience with cloud services, especially DataBricks, for building and managing scalable data pipelines.
- Proficiency in working with Snowflake or similar cloud-based data warehousing solutions.
- Solid understanding of ETL principles, data modelling, data warehousing concepts, and data integration best practices.
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Experience with code versioning tools (e.g., Git).
- Meticulous attention to detail and a passion for problem solving.
- Knowledge of Linux operating systems.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and integration techniques.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role: Senior Data Engineer
Location: Glasgow
Hybrid: 3 days a week is required
Role Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for:
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements, and design efficient, scalable, and reliable ETL processes using Python and DataBricks
- Developing and deploying ETL jobs that extract data from various sources, transforming it to meet business needs.
- Taking ownership of the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, including data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and loading, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Creating and manage data pipelines, ensuring proper error handling, monitoring and performance optimizations
- Working in an agile environment, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Conducting code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding standards to maintain a high quality.
- Developing and maintain tooling and automation scripts to streamline repetitive tasks.
- Implementing unit, integration, and other testing methodologies to ensure the reliability of the ETL processes
- Utilizing REST APls and other integration techniques to connect various data sources
- Maintaining documentation, including data flow diagrams, technical specifications, and processes.
You Have:
- Proficiency in Python programming, including experience in writing efficient and maintainable code.
- Hands-on experience with cloud services, especially DataBricks, for building and managing scalable data pipelines
- Proficiency in working with Snowflake or similar cloud-based data warehousing solutions
- Solid understanding of ETL principles, data modelling, data warehousing concepts, and data integration best practices
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Experience with code versioning tools (e.g., Git)
- Meticulous attention to detail and a passion for problem solving
- Knowledge of Linux operating systems
- Familiarity with REST APIs and integration techniques
You might also have:
- Familiarity with data visualization tools and libraries (e.g., Power BI)
- Background in database administration or performance tuning
- Familiarity with data orchestration tools, such as Apache Airflow
- Previous exposure to big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark) for large data processing
- Experience with ServiceNow integration