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# Real-Time Data Engineer

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £156,000.0 - £169,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Relational Databases, Distributed Data Store, MySQL, Operational Data Store, Oracle (Applications), Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Data Processing, Sql Optimization, Snowflake, Sybase, Event Driven Architecture, Build Management, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Video Streaming, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gb05917919d4089418de81681caf92a1cd/eaa

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience with Apache Flink
 * Strong experience with Apache Kafka
 * Experience with AWS Kinesis
 * Advanced SQL skills and strong relational database knowledge
 * Experience working with Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase
 * Hands-on Terraform experience
 * Proven experience building real-time data pipelines and event-driven architectures
 * AWS cloud experience

## Description

This role focuses on designing and delivering cloud-native, real-time data pipelines, moving operational data from source systems into enterprise data platforms. This is not a traditional Snowflake, dbt, or batch ETL role. We're looking for an engineer with strong experience in streaming technologies, event-driven architecture, and distributed data systems.
The Role

 * Design and build real-time data pipelines using Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, and AWS Kinesis
 * Develop scalable event-driven and streaming solutions
 * Integrate data from source systems including Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase
 * Build data processing, transformation, enrichment, and quality capabilities
 * Deliver low-latency data into enterprise data platforms
 * Create and manage infrastructure using Terraform


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