Senior Data Platform Engineer

Opus Recruitment Solutions — United Kingdom · Posted ~20 hours ago

Senior Full-time Hybrid Visa Sponsored £80000-£100000 + 25-26% bonus, 6% pension, private medical, 25 days holiday

Skills

Data engineering Data pipelines AWS Cloud infrastructure Scalable storage Data interfaces Data platform engineering Reliability Observability Performance optimization Data Pipelines Cloud Infrastructure Data Platforms

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior data platform engineer is sought to build and scale cloud infrastructure, tooling, and data systems for a sophisticated analytics environment. You will design terabyte-scale data pipelines, scalable storage and interfaces, operate cloud workloads, improve reliability and observability, and work closely with data scientists and analysts. Visa sponsorship is available.

Highlights

£80,000–£100,000 salary plus 25–26% bonus, pension, private medical coverage, and 25 days of holiday; visa sponsorship available; high ownership and direct influence over platform architecture; work with terabyte-scale data and collaborate closely with technical and analytical teams.

Description

Senior Data Platform Engineer London - Hybrid £80,000 to £100,000 + 25-26% Bonus, 6% Pension, Private Medical, 25 days Holiday, (SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE) Are you a Senior Data Engineer who would like more ownership? Are you looking for progression? We're looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to help build and scale the cloud infrastructure, tooling and data platform powering a highly successful analytics business operating within professional sport. As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you'll work closely with the CTO, solve complex engineering challenges and have genuine influence over how systems are designed, built and operated. What you'll be doing: Building large-scale data pipelines handling terabytes of data: 1.Designing scalable storage patterns and data interfaces 2.Operating and improving AWS-based workloads 3.Enhancing reliability, observability and performance 4.Working directly with Data Scientists and Analysts 5.Owning systems from design through to production Skills we're looking for: Strong Python or another modern programming languageAWSSQL & Relational DatabasesInfrastructure as CodeDistributed SystemsMonitoring & ObservabilityProduction EngineeringCloud Architecture What makes this different? This isn't an environment where you'll be one of hundreds of engineers. The successful Senior Data Platform Engineer will be given significant ownership, direct exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence the future direction of the platform as the business continues to grow. A genuine passion for football is highly desirable as the culture is built around people who love the game. This company have a great culture and operate on 4 days on-site model with 1 day work from home - they have football clubs, paddle clubs, running clubs and a really great social environment. Before applying please bare this in mind. Package 💰 Up to £100,000 Base 💰 25-26% Bonus 🏥 Private Medical 🍽 Free Meals 🏋️ Onsite Gym 🚲 Cycle to Work 📈 Clear Progression 🌍 Sponsorship Available If you're a Senior Data Platform Engineer looking for a role with greater impact, stronger ownership and the chance to work with some of the most unique datasets in sport, let's talk. If this sounds like a good fit please get in touch with me - kumbirai.mafini@opusrs.com