Data Operations Engineer

LondonFull-time£50k–£60k2026-11-10

HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Transform manual data operations into reliable, automated systems for Pirical's People Analytics SaaS products serving law firms.

Role type

Mid-level Data Operations Engineer (technical leadership track)

Builds

Automated data processing pipelines, monitoring, alerting, and data quality checks for legal People Analytics

Domain

Legal industry / People Analytics / SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SQL, AWS, data pipeline modernization, root cause analysis, system reliability design, automation design, AI tooling usage

Preferred skills

Experience with legacy data process modernization, mentoring junior engineers, technical decision ownership

Technologies

Python, SQL, AWS, Claude (AI tooling)

Responsibilities

Maintain existing data operations and processing workflows; Automate manual data processing pipelines; Build monitoring, alerting, and data quality checks; Investigate and resolve operational data issues; Review technical work and guide junior colleagues; Design maintainable and observable automation systems

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC with leadership potential

About Pirical

200 Employees

Pirical is committed to being an inclusive and diverse place to work. The excellent work produced at Pirical would not be possible without bringing together all of the different backgrounds, experiences and skills that our team has. We treat every employee equally, and fairly regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation. It is vitally important that each of our team members feels confident, comfortable and empowered.