Data Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 23 August 2025

LOCATION

United Kingdom

TYPE

Full-time

LEVEL

Mid-Senior level

SKILLS

SQL Snowflake Redshift Big Query Databricks Spark ETL Data Modeling

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

Valcon UK are looking to recruit a self-motivated, highly logical and intellectually curious Data Engineer’s to join our expanding Data capability in the UK. As a growing business area, the ideal candidate will have the opportunity to help shape the technical and business land-scape, whilst delivering a variety of challenging projects

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Analyse and organise raw data
Build data systems and pipelines
Evaluate business needs and objectives
Interpret trends and patterns
Conduct complex data analysis and report on results
Prepare data for prescriptive and predictive modelling
Build algorithms and prototypes
Combine raw information from different sources
Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability
Identify opportunities for data acquisition
Develop analytical tools and programs
Collaborate with data scientists and architects on several projects

Experience

Proven track record of success in Data Engineering teams
Experience with relational and MPP databases (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query etc).
Experience with data modelling techniques (Kimball/Star, Datavault, etc).
Experience with SQL and query design on large, complex datasets.
Experience with cloud and big-data tools and frameworks like Databricks/Spark, Airflow, Snowflake, etc.
Expertise designing and developing with distributed data processing platforms like Databricks/Spark.
Experience using ELT/ETL tools such as DBT, FiveTran, etc.
Understanding of Agile Delivery best practice
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Ability to present solutions and limitations to non-IT business experts

Keywords

Location

United Kingdom