Data Engineer
Location: London (4 days/week in office)
We are working with a world leading E-commerce company who have a platform used by millions worldwide â and data is at the heart of it. Their systems already process thousands of messages per second, powering real-time learning, analytics, and reporting at global scale.
Weâre looking for a Data Engineer to join the platform team. Youâll help design, build, and run pipelines and services on a modern data stack (Kafka, AWS, Iceberg, Kubernetes), collaborating with engineers, data scientists, and product teams across multiple regions.
What youâll do
Build \& maintain streaming and batch pipelines
Develop our Lakehouse (AWS S3 + Iceberg)
Ensure data is trustworthy, accessible, and reusable
Implement schemas, contracts, and observability
Support compliance with global data regulations
What youâll bring
Good working experience in data engineering
Hands-on with Kafka/Pulsar/Kinesis
Strong SQL \& relational DBs (Postgres/MySQL)
Coding experience in Java/Scala
Cloud (AWS preferred) + Infrastructure-as-Code familiarity
Solid understanding of ETL/ELT and data modeling
Nice to have: Iceberg/Delta/Hudi, Airflow/Dagster/Prefect, Python/TypeScript, data governance.