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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Evergreen Finance - **Location:** UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £80,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Unit Testing, Big Data, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Code Generation, Software Quality, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data as a Services, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Database Queries, Programming Tools, Digital Architecture, Google Analytics, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Traffic Analysis, Cloud Platform System, GitHub Copilot, DevOps Tools - Open-source, System Availability, Backend, Containerization, Semi-structured Data, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Data Lineage, Collibra, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** August 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5824391040 ## About the Role * Experience with cloud environments (GCP, AWS) and cloud-native data services. * Proven experience in designing and building data warehouses (cloud-based or on-premises). * Expertise with Bigquery and strong SQL skills for performance optimization and data modeling * Understanding of structured data sources such as MYSQL and handling semi-structured data including web-traffic data e.g Google Analytics. * Experience in designing and building scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using Dataform or DBT * Knowledge of data partitioning strategies for handling large datasets. * Solid understanding of best practices in software and data engineering (unit testing, version control, CI/CD pipelines). * Focus on clean, maintainable code with strong architectural foundation, and clear data lineage * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. * Experience of working collaboratively with key stakeholders Desired * Knowledge of orchestration frameworks like Apache Airflow, Prefect, or similar. * Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) is a plus. * Experience with DevOps tooling, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure automation. * Strong hands-on experience with Python for backend and data engineering tasks. * Proficient in modern developer tooling, including AI-assisted coding environments and code generation tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or similar) * Exposure to data governance/catalog tooling (e.g. Dataplex, Collibra, Atlan) and metadata/lineage management. * Experience working in a financial services sector ## Description We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer with initiative, drive, and strong service mindset, who will play a key role in developing scalable systems, robust data pipelines, and a modern, efficient data warehouse. 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