Senior Data Platform Engineer

Hybrid London (3 days per week)

Up to £95,000 + Benefits

Are you an experienced Data Engineer ready to take ownership of a cutting-edge cloud data platform? We're partnering with a high-growth fintech company that's transforming how analytics powers decision-making - and they're looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to help design, scale, and optimise their AWS and Snowflake-based infrastructure.

What you'll be doing

• Designing, building, and evolving data infrastructure across AWS and Snowflake.
• Developing tooling and automation to improve analytics efficiency.
• Onboarding new data sources and ensuring smooth, reliable ingestion and processing.
• Implementing monitoring, testing, and observability to guarantee platform robustness.
• Driving improvements in CI/CD pipelines for faster, more reliable deployments.
• Managing infrastructure as code with Terraform, ensuring security and compliance.
• Collaborating with analysts, engineers, and business teams to turn data into action.
• Troubleshooting production issues and continuously improving performance and cost efficiency.

What we're looking for

• Strong software engineering background - ideally with Python or similar languages.
• Proven experience working with AWS and Snowflake in production environments.
• Solid grasp of data engineering best practices - testing, deployment, and configuration as code.
• Experience developing containerised services and cloud-based data applications.
• Proficiency in Terraform or other IaC tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred).
• Excellent communicator - able to work closely with technical and business stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Kubernetes, Airflow/Prefect, or data observability tools (Monte Carlo, Great Expectations).
• Exposure to data cataloguing tools (Amundsen, OpenMetadata).

Package & Benefits

• Salary up to £95,000, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working - 3 days per week in the London office.