Senior Data Engineer
Waterloo - Hybrid Working
Full Time
Permanent
Grade 4
Currys is engaging in a significant AI and automation transformation across its retail operations. The AI & Monetisation function focuses on rethinking customer discovery, store operations, supply chain dynamics, and the use of data to drive business decisions.
Role overview:
All the amazing things you'll do:
- Build and maintain data pipelines that process billions of events daily across batch and streaming systems.
- Develop AI‑powered solutions, including intelligent agents using Databricks Agent Bricks to improve productivity.
- Set up infrastructure as code for data and AI platforms, maintaining scalability and reproducibility.
- Create monitoring and alerting systems that safeguard data quality, model performance, and pipeline reliability.
- Optimise data processing jobs to enhance performance and reduce costs.
- Partner with product and domain teams to deliver new data features and agent‑driven tools.
- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for data and AI applications.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement permanent fixes to prevent recurrence.
- Contribute to shared engineering standards and best practices across the team.
All the things you'll bring:
- Strong experience building production‑grade data pipelines at scale that impact real business outcomes.
- Confidence with Python and SQL, and hands‑on use of data processing frameworks in live environments.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP and containerisation technologies.
- Knowledge of streaming technologies and event‑driven architectures that maintain continuous data flow.
- A practical approach to infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Sharp troubleshooting skills that identify root causes and resolve them permanently.
- Experience with platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake, or similar data tools.
- Interest or experience in building AI‑powered solutions – hands‑on with Databricks Agent Bricks.
The essentials:
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
- Cloud certifications highly desirable.
- DevOps, data engineering, or AI engineering certifications beneficial.
We are committed to making inclusion and diversity a core aspect of our workforce. If you require additional assistance with the application process, please contact careers@currys.co.uk.
