Job description. Data Engineer - Cloud Location: Belfast (Hybrid) Eligibility: UK work authorisation required (no sponsorship available) We're hiring a Data Engineer to join a high impact team responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines that power critical analytics and monitoring systems. This is a role at the intersection of data engineering, cloud, and operations, working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets in a fast-paced environment. You'll play a key role in ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and delivered in real time, supporting business critical platforms and decision making processes. Why join? * Work on large scale, high-throughput data pipelines * Exposure to modern AWS cloud and DataOps tooling * Play a key role in data quality, governance, and reliability * Collaborate with cross-functional teams across engineering, data, and business What you'll be doing: * Design, build, and optimise end to end data pipelines * Implement data validation, quality checks, and monitoring frameworks * Develop scalable solutions using AWS services and event driven architectures * Investigate and resolve data issues and anomalies across pipelines * Work closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into data solutions * Support data governance, lineage, and compliance standards * Contribute to automation, testing, and continuous improvement of data workflows What you'll bring: * Strong experience building ETL/ELT pipelines end to end * Proficiency in Python or Java and SQL * Hands-on experience with AWS (e.g. S3, Lambda, Glue, Snowflake or similar) * Experience with tools such as Airflow, dbt, or Spark * Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices * Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-moving environment * Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical teams Nice to have: * Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar) * Exposure to data governance, lineage, or regulatory environments Interested? If you're a Data Engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable data systems in a cloud-first environment, get in touch with Justin Donaldson for a confidential conversation. Skills: Python SQL ETL/ELT AWS Spark CI/CD