Founding Data Engineer
South West | Hybrid
Up to £80,000
An award-winning e-commerce platform is looking for a Founding Data Engineer to help build and scale its data capability.
With around 120 people and growing, the business operates in a fast-moving B2B e-commerce environment where data is becoming increasingly central to how the platform evolves, supports partners, and drives decision-making across the company.
This is a rare opportunity to be the first dedicated Data Engineer, working closely with leadership and an external data consultancy in the early stages while bringing long-term ownership of the platform in-house.
It’s a hands-on role with real autonomy and influence. You’ll help establish the foundations of the data platform and play a key role in shaping the future data architecture, tooling and team as the company continues to scale.
What you’ll be doing
1. Building and developing the core data platform and pipelines
2. Working alongside an external consultancy to establish best-practice architecture
3. Designing and optimising the data warehouse and data models
4. Developing scalable data pipelines using modern data tooling
5. Supporting analytics, reporting and product teams with reliable data access
6. Helping shape the longer-term data strategy and engineering function
Tech stack
Databricks • Data Warehouse • PySpark • Python • SQL
What they’re looking for
7. Strong experience in data engineering and building production data pipelines
8. Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks
9. Strong Python and SQL skills
10. Experience with data warehousing and data modelling
11. Someone comfortable taking ownership in a growing environment
12. A pragmatic, hands-on engineer who enjoys building and improving systems
Why join
13. Foundational data hire with real ownership and influence
14. Opportunity to shape the data platform and future team
15. Join an award-winning e-commerce business in a strong growth phase
16. Work in a collaborative, ambitious environment
17. Salary up to £80,000
This is a brilliant opportunity for a Data Engineer who enjoys building platforms from the ground up and wants real ownership of direction.
Diversity & Inclusion
Mirai believes in the power of diversity and the importance of an inclusive culture. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, understanding that a range of perspectives strengthens both our team and our partners’ teams. This is one of the ways we’re helping shape a more collaborative and diverse future in the workplace.