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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Kainos - **Location:** Budock Water, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Software Quality, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Transformation, Persistent Data Structure, Data Stores, Data Systems, Data Visualization, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Computing Environment, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Data Processing, Google Cloud, Change Data Capture, Apache Kafka, Data Pipelines, Databricks - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840672647-senior-data-engineer ## About the Role * Strong software development experience in one of Java, Scala, or Python. * Software development experience with data-processing platforms from vendors such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks. * Experience of developing substantial components for large-scale data processing solutions and deploying into a production environment. * Proficient in SQL and SQL extensions for analytical queries. * Solid understanding of ETL/ELT data processing pipelines and design patterns. * Aware of key features and pitfalls of distributed data processing frameworks, data stores and data serialisation formats. * Able to write quality, testable code and has experience of automated testing. * Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment techniques. * Ready to learn and a keen interest in AI technologies., * Experience of performance tuning. * Experience of data visualisation and complex data transformations. * Experience with streaming and event-processing architectures including technologies such as Kafka and change-data-capture (CDC) products. * Expertise in continuous improvement and sharing input on data best practice. * Practical experience with AI technologies, tools, processes and delivery. ## Description As a Senior Data Engineer (Senior Associate) at Kainos, you will be responsible for designing and developing data processing and data persistence software components for solutions which handle data at scale. 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