Senior Data Engineer

Avenga is looking for a highly skilled Data Engineer with leadership experience to join our team and lead a group of talented individuals. Our client is a leading global financial consulting company, one of the largest asset managers in the UK. The company's line of business includes holding or owning securities of companies other than banks. 

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining our modern data platform. Your expertise in Snowflake, AWS, Python, real-time data solutions, and software engineering will be crucial in driving our data initiatives forward.

What you bring along:

• 6+ years of experience as a Data Engineer;
• Understanding of modern Data Platforms and Data Lakes;
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake;
• Excellent in Python, PySpark;
• Competent in RDBMS and NoSQL DBs;
• Knowledge and practical experience with AWS serverless services;
• Hands-on experience with Kafka and real-time processing frameworks;
• Expertise in managing infrastructure with IaC tools (we are using Terraform);
• Good at leading large-scale global data warehousing and analytics projects;
• Understanding of database and analytical technologies in the industry, including MPP, Data Warehouse design;
• English – at least an Upper-Intermediate solid.

This is your mission:

• Build and maintain a cutting-edge data platform using technologies such as Snowflake,  Python, and AWS services;
• Build and optimize data pipelines, architecture, and data sets supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management;
• Design data storage layer for both data lake and data warehouse; 
• Identify opportunities for internal process improvements, such as automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and infrastructure scalability;
• Monitor the health and performance of queries;
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and other stakeholders to understand their requirements, provide data solutions, and effectively communicate insights or findings derived from Data;
• Mentor a team of data professionals, providing guidance, support, and fostering a collaborative work environment.

Your benefits:

• Everyone at Avenga is subject to professional growth via our mentorship program;
• The company provides extended training and certification opportunities;
• We stay up to date with the industry by embarking on tech talks, webinars, conferences, and hackathons;
• Our team uses the Cafeteria Worksmile platform;
• Avenga cares for its employees by providing Health insurance — LuxMed;
• Our employees have Leadenhall insurance;
• We offer an attractive Referral bonus program;
• The company fosters a sense of professional belonging and an environment of togetherness: we achieve things together and we celebrate our milestones together.