Senior Data Engineer

Salary: £37,000 - 68,500 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience in data engineering and modern data platforms.
• Advanced programming skills in Java or Python.
• Expertise working with technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Flink or similar distributed data frameworks.
• Experience delivering solutions within AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, scalability and performance optimisation.
• Experience working with containerisation, Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment approaches.
• Ability to engage confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting or leading technical teams within complex delivery environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver scalable data platforms and engineering solutions.
• Lead the development of batch and real-time data pipelines.
• Drive best practice across data architecture, engineering standards and governance.
• Work with cloud-native technologies to develop high-performing data solutions.
• Support DevOps adoption, automation and CI/CD processes.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers and stakeholders across multiple projects.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team capability development.
• Support technical decision-making and solution design activities.

Technologies:

• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Flink
• Support
• Java
• Kafka
• Python
• Spark

More:

We are supporting a major technology consulting business as it continues to expand its data engineering capability. This Senior Data Engineer role is based in Newcastle with hybrid working and offers a salary of up to £68,000 plus bonus, pension and benefits. You will join a growing engineering practice delivering innovative data solutions at scale, work alongside talented technology professionals, gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies and play a key role in shaping the future direction of complex data programmes.

last updated 32 week of 2026