Senior Data Engineer (UK) at Firstup

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• 📊 12 Data Engineer jobs in the United Kingdom in the last 60 days see them
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Updated 2026-11-01, from our data and official sources.

About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, build and maintain scalable, well-tested data pipelines and warehouse models focused on reliability, performance and business value.
- Develop natural-language interfaces and analytics surfaces using GenAI/LLM techniques to make data accessible to non-technical users.
- Use GenAI coding tools and best practices to improve code quality, testing and delivery velocity.
- Define and enforce standards for SQL development, data modeling, testing, documentation and code reviews.
- Evaluate, pilot and recommend new technologies to evolve the data platform and query stack.
- Partner with engineering, analytics, product and business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Support production systems via on-call rotation, incident response and observability tooling.
- Document architecture, runbooks and domain knowledge to ensure team continuity and effective handovers.

Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years building reliable, high-performance distributed systems, with strong emphasis on streaming and data pipelines.
- Experience operating multi-tenant SaaS data platforms and owning production support responsibilities.
- Deep SQL skills: writing, optimizing and analyzing complex queries; hands-on with Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Trino or StarRocks.
- Proficient in Python and familiar with streaming technologies (Kafka, Spark) and orchestration tools (Airflow/Dagster/Prefect).
- Cloud experience with AWS and/or GCP and practical knowledge of modern data engineering patterns.
- Demonstrable experience applying GenAI/LLM to data/analytics (semantic layers, NL query interfaces) and using GenAI developer tools.
- Strong focus on testing, data quality, observability and collaborative engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, warehouse models, and analytics solutions; develop natural language interfaces to data using GenAI/LLM techniques; ensure data quality, observability and production support through on-call rotations while collaborating with engineering, analytics, and business teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 8+ years building high-performance, large-scale distributed systems with emphasis on streaming and data pipelines. Strong expertise in SQL, data modeling/warehousing (StarRocks/Redshift/Snowflake/Databricks/Trino), cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), streaming (Kafka/Spark), and proficiency in Python; experience with multi-tenant SaaS and GenAI/LLM applied to analytics is required.

Key skills

• SQL — in 512 other listings on The Stack
• Python — in 1142 other listings on The Stack
• Snowflake — in 39 other listings on The Stack
• Databricks — in 37 other listings on The Stack
• Amazon Redshift — not in any other listing on The Stack
• Trino — in 13 other listings on The Stack
• Kafka — in 162 other listings on The Stack
• Spark — in 52 other listings on The Stack
• AWS
• GCP
• Airflow
• GenAI/LLM

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-01)

• This is Firstup's only listing on The Stack.
• 204 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 39 visa-sponsored data engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Firstup

Is this Senior Data Engineer (UK) role still open?

It was posted on 2026-10-29 and is listed as active on The Stack. Confirm on Firstup's application page before applying.

Does Firstup offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Firstup's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as London, GB, United Kingdom. It is marked hybrid.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: SQL, Python, Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, Trino, Kafka, Spark, AWS, GCP, Airflow, GenAI/LLM.