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Senior Data Platform Engineer

London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Build and operate the foundational data infrastructure (Databricks lakehouse, Kafka ingestion) and AI-powered data interfaces (MCP connectors) for the entire company.

Role type

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Builds

Databricks-based lakehouse, Kafka consumers, data observability frameworks, and AI-assisted data workflow integrations

Domain

Data Engineering / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud data infrastructure, Python, Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Terragrunt), CI/CD, Container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes), Data observability, System reliability

Preferred skills

Go, Java, Databricks, Apache Iceberg, Kafka, AI-powered tools

Technologies

Databricks, Kafka, Terraform, Terragrunt, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Go, Java, Apache Iceberg

Responsibilities

Build and evolve core data platform infrastructure; Enable AI-powered data workflows and integrations; Implement data observability and quality frameworks; Steward infrastructure, developer experience, and governance

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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