Job description.
Data Engineer - Cloud
Location: Belfast (Hybrid)
Eligibility: UK work authorisation required (no sponsorship available)
We're hiring a Data Engineer to join a high impact team responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines that power critical analytics and monitoring systems. This is a role at the intersection of data engineering, cloud, and operations, working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets in a fast-paced environment.
You'll play a key role in ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and delivered in real time, supporting business critical platforms and decision making processes.
Why join?
* Work on large scale, high-throughput data pipelines
* Exposure to modern AWS cloud and DataOps tooling
* Play a key role in data quality, governance, and reliability
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams across engineering, data, and business
What you'll be doing:
* Design, build, and optimise end to end data pipelines
* Implement data validation, quality checks, and monitoring frameworks
* Develop scalable solutions using AWS services and event driven architectures
* Investigate and resolve data issues and anomalies across pipelines
* Work closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into data solutions
* Support data governance, lineage, and compliance standards
* Contribute to automation, testing, and continuous improvement of data workflows
What you'll bring:
* Strong experience building ETL/ELT pipelines end to end
* Proficiency in Python or Java and SQL
* Hands-on experience with AWS (e.g. S3, Lambda, Glue, Snowflake or similar)
* Experience with tools such as Airflow, dbt, or Spark
* Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices
* Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-moving environment
* Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
Nice to have:
* Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
* Exposure to data governance, lineage, or regulatory environments
Interested?
If you're a Data Engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable data systems in a cloud-first environment, get in touch with Justin Donaldson for a confidential conversation.