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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Robert Walters - **Location:** Glasgow, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, ARM Architecture, JIRA, Bash Shell, Software as a Service, Cyber Security, Information Engineering, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Structures, Data Warehousing, Relational Databases, Database Development, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Scrum Methodology, Power BI, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Databases, Snowflake, Information Technology, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-4B56343F0721FF9D67/ ## About the Role * 7+ years' experience in data engineering, database development or data warehouse engineering. * Strong expertise in SQL and relational database concepts, with hands-on experience designing dimensional models and analytics-focused data structures. * Proven experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and integrating data across cloud and on-prem environments. * Solid understanding of Snowflake and data quality, validation and lineage concepts to ensure trustworthy, traceable data. * Practical experience with AI agents, including designing or supporting agentic workflows and automation. * Proficiency with Power BI or equivalent BI platforms to deliver dashboards, metrics and self-service analytics for stakeholders. * Excellent analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills, with experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments. ## Description * Act as IT System Owner for data and systems solutions, overseeing their design, operation, security and continuous improvement in line with business needs. * Analyse business processes and operational datasets to profile, validate and assess data quality, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and translate findings into actionable insights and recommendations. * Design and implement relational and dimensional data models (eg star/snowflake) and build/maintain ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest data from operational, SaaS, IoT and vendor sources into central analytics environments. * Develop and optimise SQL queries, views and stored procedures, and model telemetry/event-based pipelines into SQL/Power BI/DAX, establishing data quality, lineage and retention for time-series analytics. * Design and develop AI agents and agentic workflows, including use of Snowflake Cortex AI for human-in-the-loop workflow design, to automate high-value processes with appropriate guardrails and oversight. * Partner with stakeholders to define KPIs, metrics and reporting standards; translate business questions into analytical models, dashboards and metrics; and support ad hoc and recurring analysis for operational and leadership reporting. * Coordinate with cross-functional teams (including Security Architecture and Corporate Services), gather and prioritise feature enhancements, review Jira tickets, and produce technical documentation, training materials and automation scripts (PowerShell, Python, Shell) to streamline operations. ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [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) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Data Analytics with Microsoft Fabric: End-to-End Use Case with Data Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1547-data-analytics-with-microsoft-fabric-end-to-end-use-case-with-data-agents) ## 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) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)