Data Engineer

SearchWorks
London, UK
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Cloud Computing Information Engineering Extract Transform Load (ETL) Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Standard Sql SQL Databases Large Language Models Machine Learning Operations
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Data Pipelines

Job description

Senior Data Engineer AI / Machine Learning London (Hybrid - 3-4 days on site), Designing, building, and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines

Supporting production ML systems, including LLM and forecasting workflows

Improving reliability and performance across AWS infrastructure

Writing and optimising complex SQL for analytics and reporting

Building integrations across internal and external systems

Troubleshooting production issues and driving operational best practice

Supporting and mentoring junior engineers

Requirements

Strong experience in Data Engineering and cloud infrastructure

Excellent Python and SQL skills

Experience deploying and monitoring ML systems in production

Exposure to AWS services such as Redshift, S3, Lambda, SageMaker, Athena etc.

Someone comfortable operating in fast-growth, high-ownership environments

High level STEM Degree from a top ranked UK University

About the company

I’m currently partnered with one of the UK’s most exciting AI-driven startups as they look to hire a Senior Data Engineer to join their growing team.

This business is already transforming operations within the hospitality sector through a unique combination of AI-powered workforce planning and a large-scale flexible staffing platform. Following rapid growth and strong commercial success over the past year, they’re now scaling aggressively and preparing for international expansion.

They’re looking for an experienced, hands-on Data Engineer who can play a key role in building and scaling the infrastructure behind their analytics and machine learning systems.

Opportunity

You’ll take ownership of data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and production ML systems that directly power forecasting, optimisation, and real-time operational decision-making. Working closely with Data Scientists, Product teams, and Engineers, you’ll help shape a modern AWS-native data platform within a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment.

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