Senior Data Engineer at VC-backed adtech AI startup

Jack & Jill/External ATSRemote - London, London, United Kingdom2d ago

Remote Senior EMEA Cloud Computing Senior Data Engineer Recruiter SQL dbt AWS Python Airflow

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Requirements

Proven experience building production-grade streaming systems and handling complex event-driven data edge cases like backfills and idempotency.
Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern data stack tools such as Airflow, dbt, and AWS data services.
Pragmatic mindset with the ability to bridge data engineering with AI/ML requirements, including feature generation and RAG-ready datasets.
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Responsibilities

Design and maintain high-volume batch and streaming pipelines using Kafka, SQS, and Spark for real-time AI workflows.
Develop scalable data models and transformation layers using dbt and lakehouse patterns to support ML and analytics.
Deploy and manage AWS data infrastructure using Terraform/CDK, ensuring high reliability, observability, and cost-effective performance.

Benefits

Opportunity to shape the data foundations of agentic AI systems that drive real-time, revenue-critical advertising decisions.
Join a well-funded, distributed team where you have significant autonomy to influence technical decisions and scale production infrastructure.
Potential to transition into a Tech Lead role while working with a modern stack including Spark, Kafka, and agentic coding tools.