Senior Data Engineer

Overview

In this hands-on senior role, you will shape and scale our data pipelines and cloud-based platform. You’ll influence engineering standards, mentor peers, and partner with product teams to deliver impactful data-enabled decisions. You’ll help modernise our data platform to power millions of transactions and smarter business outcomes. This is about building the next generation of data capability at Very, with a strong emphasis on quality, observability and collaboration.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model
• 1000 flexible benefits allowance
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Bonus potential
• Matched pension up to 6%

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable data pipelines powering key business decisions
• Shape and improve our cloud-based data platform for performance, cost, and usability
• Own solutions from concept to production and post-launch support
• Drive improvements in how we build, deploy and monitor data products
• Troubleshoot complex data issues and implement lasting fixes
• Support releases and ensure stability and observability of shipped work
• Raise engineering standards through reviews, reusable patterns and best practices
• Coach and mentor other engineers to grow and succeed
• Collaborate with product, platform and engineering teams to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Contribute to technical decisions enhancing scalability, reliability and speed

Key requirements

• Proven track record of delivering production-grade data solutions
• Experience with Teradata-based data warehousing and analytics
• Proficiency with Teradata utilities: BTEQ, Fast Load, Multi Load, TPT; familiarity with Viewpoint, TD Stats, TDWM
• Strong knowledge of data warehousing, ETL, and large-scale environments
• Cloud experience, AWS preferred
• Solid coding skills in Python, SQL, Java or Scala
• Experience with large-scale data platforms, data lakes or warehouses
• Understanding of Lakehouse concepts, ingestion and analytics
• Experience across the full delivery lifecycle, from design to support
• Quality-focused mindset with emphasis on simplicity and continuous improvement
• Ability to break down complex problems and communicate clearly
• Natural inclination to mentor others

• collaboration
• mentoring
• communication
• Teradata (BTEQ, Fast Load, Multi Load, TPT)
• Viewpoint, TD Stats, TDWM
• AWS

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