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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Cushman & Wakefield - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £80,095.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Systems, Geocoding, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Query Optimization, SQL Databases, Parquet, Data Ingestion, Sql Optimization, Multi-Agent Systems, Apache Spark, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Git Flow, Information Technology, Databricks - **Published:** September 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5872114026 ## About the Role * Systems thinking. You see the bigger picture and build for scale rather than for the ticket in front of you. * Production troubleshooting and root cause analysis. You diagnose and resolve pipeline failures, performance issues, and data quality problems under pressure, working through code, logs, and documentation systematically rather than guessing. * Data modeling. You design cross functional data products, establish data contracts, and handle complex business rules. * Advanced SQL, including window functions, query optimization, and MERGE/UPSERT operations. * Python and PySpark. You write reusable, parameterized functions and work comfortably with JSON, CSV, and Parquet. Platform knowledge * Deep experience with Databricks (Declarative Pipelines, DABS, Delta Lake, Spark optimization, job orchestration). * Familiarity with the Azure ecosystem. * Working understanding of Unity Catalog. About you * Around 6 or more years of relevant experience. * A degree in a quantitatively rigorous field such as computer science, data science, econometrics, mathematics, or physics. * Driven and curious. You want to work on things that have not been figured out yet. * Strong written communication. Async updates and clear documentation are part of the job. Nice to have * Experience with agentic data engineering, using coding agents in real delivery and building the harness around them: repo conventions, reusable context, tests and guardrails that make agent output trustworthy. * Geospatial data processing (H3 indexes, spatial SQL, point in polygon at scale). * Recursive CTEs and complex SQL patterns. * Infrastructure familiarity (Azure Portal, resource management, CLI). * Strong Git workflows and code review habits. * Real estate domain experience. What we offer * Autonomy. We set the high level roadmap. You decide how to get there. * Dedicated learning time and a team that levels each other up. The frontier moves weekly. We give you the time to keep up with it, and you will be surrounded by people doing the same. * A rare growth path. You will build leading capability in a field where very few organisations in our sector have yet begun, giving you a skill set you could not have assembled elsewhere in this industry. * A solid technical foundation. The architecture, standards, and best practices are already in place. You build on top, not from scratch. ## Description This is a hands-on senior role on key transformation projects across EMEA and APAC. You will work directly with the team lead and a group of analytical engineers who push each other to stay at the frontier of what is possible., What you will work on * Driving the shift from a code writing team to an AI orchestration team. This means building agentic workflows that handle data engineering tasks and CI/CD, designing semantic models for downstream consumption, and implementing an AI Gateway for governance. * Stewarding our AI amplified Databricks based framework, maintaining it and improving it incrementally as we learn. * Designing data models that bring sources from anywhere in the world into a single coherent shape. * Building data solutions for domains like custom MDM, geocoding, client mastering, and profiling. Real estate context is a plus but not . * Designing and implementing stable, automated ingestion pipelines from diverse sources. * Owning production troubleshooting and root cause analysis. 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