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# Senior Data Engineer

- **Company:** The Very Group
- **Location:** Liverpool, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £45,000.0 - £85,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Build Management, Data Lakes, Software Coding, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5859602287

## About the Role

* Strong experience designing and delivering production-grade data solutions
 * Confidence working with cloud technologies, with AWS preferred
 * Solid coding skills in languages like Python, SQL, Java or Scala
 * Experience working with large-scale data platforms, data lakes or warehouses
 * A good understanding of modern data concepts like Lakehouse, ingestion and analytics
 * Experience across the full delivery lifecycle, from design to support
 * A mindset focused on quality, simplicity and continuous improvement
 * The ability to break down complex problems and explain them clearly
 * A natural instinct to support and mentor others

## Description

* Design and build scalable, reliable data pipelines that power key business decisions
 * Shape our cloud-based data platform, improving performance, cost and usability
 * Take ownership of solutions from idea through to production and beyond
 * Drive improvements in how we build, deploy and monitor data products
 * Troubleshoot complex data issues and resolve them
 * Support releases and ensure everything we ship is stable and observable
 * Raise engineering standards through code reviews, reusable patterns and best practice
 * Coach and mentor other engineers, helping them grow and succeed
 * Collaborate with product, platform and engineering teams to deliver meaningful outcomes
 * Contribute to technical decisions that improve scalability, reliability and speed

Technologies:

 * AWS
 * Cloud
 * Support
 * Java
 * Python
 * SQL
 * Scala


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