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Staff Data Engineer (Backend Data Specialist)

Belfast, Northern Ireland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-22 → 2026-08-05

Core

Design and evolve scalable data pipelines and platforms while contributing to backend services and system architecture.

Role type

Staff Data Engineer (Backend Focus)

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, platforms, and backend services

Domain

Data engineering and backend systems

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

SQL, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, system design, CI/CD, version control, testing

Preferred skills

Modern data tooling, cloud platforms, mentoring

Technologies

dbt, spark, snowflake, apache airflow, cloud

Responsibilities

Design and evolve scalable data pipelines and platforms, Contribute to backend services and system architecture, Ensure data systems are reliable and performant, Set and drive best practices across data and backend engineering, Mentor engineers and support technical decision-making, Troubleshoot complex system and data issues

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with architectural influence

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