Senior Data Platform Engineer
⚡ Industry: Tech Consultancy
🏢 Location: London (Hybrid or Remote within UK)
💸 Salary: £500-550 per day
👔 Interview Process: 2 stages
💻 Overview:
Join a highly regarded consultancy that designs and builds large-scale, data-driven platforms for major tech and media brands. The team blends engineering excellence with a lean, delivery-focused mindset — smart people, low ego, and a strong culture of autonomy.
🎯 What You’ll Do:
* Build and optimise backend systems that scale.
* Lead cloud-native infrastructure projects on Google Cloud using Terraform.
* Develop and maintain backend services in Golang and Python.
* Set up CI/CD pipelines, observability, and automation with GitLab / DataDog.
* Partner with data engineers to deliver high-performance ingestion and transformation pipelines.
🧠 What You’ll Bring:
* Strong background in backend development (Golang/Python).
* Solid experience across Google Cloud, Terraform, and CI/CD.
* Proven ability to design for performance, scalability, and reliability.
* Comfortable collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and clients.
💡 Bonus Points For:
* Exposure to Spark, Dataflow, or Looker.
* SRE or platform automation experience.