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# Senior Data Engineer

- **Company:** Identify Solutions
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £100,000.0 - £105,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Continuous Integration, Data Governance, Github, Python (Programming Language), Google Cloud, Fastapi, Low Latency, Google Cloud Functions, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840674738-senior-data-engineer

## About the Role

* Python - must-have, with production-grade engineering expertise.
 * FastAPI - must-have, proven experience building APIs in production.
 * Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - must-have, e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Cloud Storage.
 * dbt - strong advantage, with scope to shape best practice.
 * Airflow / Composer - highly desirable for orchestration.
 * CI/CD - GitHub Actions (or similar).

## Description

* API strategy & development - own and scale FastAPI endpoints that deliver real-time access to platform data.
 * Data pipeline development - build ingestion and replication pipelines with best-in-class observability, latency, and resilience.
 * Platform technical vision - influence architecture and orchestration, shaping how the business handles data at scale.
 * Data quality & governance - embed testing, freshness, lineage, and monitoring to ensure reliability and trustworthiness.
 * Collaboration - partner with engineers, product managers, and commercial teams to deliver production-grade solutions.


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