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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Implementations Data Engineer - **Company:** Altana - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £58,085.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Network Analysis, Cyber Security, Customer Data Management, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Security, Data Stores, Data Systems, Graph Database, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Systems Integration, User-Centered Design, Datadog, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, Apache Spark, Git, Kubernetes, Machine Learning Operations, Restful APIs, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Docker, Databricks, Microservices - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5841929721 ## About the Role You are a seasoned data engineer and technical leader with deep expertise in building and scaling data systems. You combine strong hands-on engineering skills with the ability to set technical direction, influence across teams, and elevate those around you. You are someone who proactively takes ownership of the end-to-end design and operation of data solutions and refines the systems to deliver measurable results. * 8+ years of technical experience in data engineering or closely related roles * You have extensive experience across the design, development, and maintenance of complex data models from a variety of sources and schemas * Demonstrated track record of leading the full lifecycle (Design, Development, Test, Deploy, Monitor, Maintain) of data ingestion and standardization pipelines at scale * A demonstrated drive for sustainable software development, self-healing data workflows, and a deep appreciation for data security and data governance * Experience deploying and integrating software solutions across client cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), managing core services like EC2, S3, IAM, and Dockerized microservices * Experience leading and mentoring other engineers on complex data engineering projects * You are eligible and willing to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance or have an active clearance already * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of successfully interacting directly with external customers and stakeholders to scope technical work and manage expectations * Keep up to date with latest trends in data engineering and care deeply about engineering excellence and knowledge sharing Nice to have, but not required * Experience with managing a data platform, including monitoring and managing releases, costs and infrastructure changes * Expertise or experience with the deployment of ML pipelines * Exposure to trade compliance, supply chain management or a field similarly related to international commerce * Experience working with or within the public sector * Familiarity using AI tools to enhance the quality & pace of your output Technologies we love * Languages: Python, Spark, SQL * Tools: AWS, Azure, Git, Rest APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Datadog * Datastores: Databricks, OpenSearch, Postgres ## Description The Platform Operations & Compliance team is focused on integrating Altana's products with customers to provide unique insights, business process integrations, and create mutual value. We execute complex customer integrations to create and customize data pipelines for unique customer scenarios; integrate proprietary customer data to our knowledge graph while supporting reliability, release, cost and control obligations that come with operating big-data pipelines for public sector customers. The Platform Operations & Compliance team works closely with customers, as well as our internal Engineering, Machine Learning, InfoSec and Product organizations. In this role, you will: * Develop, deploy and continuously improve distributed, big-data pipelines powering Altana's state of the art network analysis, ML, data ingestion and fusion capabilities * Understand and drive forward Altana's technology to make it more scalable and to meet the evolving requirements of our customer base * Support platform reliability, cost and controls and support customer security reviews and accreditations * Serve as the technical expert in client-facing meetings, bridging the gap between complex government requirements and our platform's technical architecture. * Work in a cross-functional team of engineers, data scientists, and product managers * Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and best practices for data pipeline development, orchestration and deployment ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Software Engineering Social Connection: Yubo’s lean approach to scaling an 80M-user infrastructure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1583-software-engineering-social-connection-yubo-s-lean-approach-to-scaling-an-80m-user-infrastructure) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)