At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build large-scale data pipelines that power global retail decisions.
- Company: Join a leading tech company recognised as a Great Place to Work.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, competitive salary, and a modern engineering culture.
- Other info: Mentorship opportunities and genuine influence on architectural decisions.
- Why this job: Shape the future of data infrastructure for top retail brands worldwide.
- Qualifications: 7+ years in data systems, strong with tools like Airflow and AWS.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Staff Data Engineer Belfast (Hybrid/ Remote) | Full-time
Staff-level ownership of large-scale, distributed data pipelines, not just execution.
Modern open-source stack: Airflow/Dagster, Spark, dbt, Kafka, AWS.
Flexible Hybrid working out of Belfast.
Join a platform already moving billions of consumer interactions a year, still scaling.
About the Company:
This business has spent two decades quietly becoming essential infrastructure for global retail: a network that now connects thousands of brands and retailers with billions of consumers worldwide, built from a single office in 2005 into an operation spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. It has been independently recognised as a Great Place to Work across seven countries, a rare feat for a company operating at this scale.
The Role:
As a key member of the Insights team, you'll design, build and support the large-scale distributed data systems that power decision-making for some of the world's biggest retail brands. This is a genuinely senior, hands-on role: you'll shape architecture, set engineering standards, and have real influence over how data infrastructure scales as the business grows further.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build large-scale, distributed data pipelines and storage systems.
- Own reliability and scalability of core data infrastructure.
- Optimise data storage and retrieval processes across the platform.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate data requirements into solutions.
- Champion software engineering best practice across the data function.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues across distributed systems.
- Mentor and influence engineering standards across the team.
Essential:
- 7+ years designing and building robust, scalable, distributed data systems and pipelines.
- Strong experience with orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or Dagster.
- Experience with dbt, Spark, SQL, Athena/Trino, Redshift, Snowflake, PostgreSQL/MySQL.
- Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP or Azure) and Terraform.
- Strong grasp of CI/CD, git, agile delivery and containerisation.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of event-driven and streaming technologies (Kafka, Kafka Streams, Flink).
- Prior technical leadership or mentoring experience.
Why Apply?
- Hybrid working model based in Belfast.
- Staff-level scope with genuine architectural influence.
- Work on a platform processing data at genuinely global scale.
- Backed by a company independently certified as a Great Place to Work in seven countries.
- Modern, open-source-first engineering culture.
Next Steps:
Interested, or know someone who'd be a great fit? Get in touch with Chanel for a confidential chat.
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