Lead Data Engineer

Overview

Akersystems seeks a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and evolve secure, scalable data platforms for clients in the UK Public Sector and Utilities sectors. Founded in 2017, the employer provides secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations and encourages people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. The position is remote and home based within Europe, with visa sponsorship potentially available for suitable candidates.

Requirements

Applicants need a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, data engineering, mathematics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. Strong commercial experience designing and implementing real-time streaming data platforms is essential, along with hands-on experience using event-driven technologies such as Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or Apache Pulsar. Candidates must have extensive experience developing enterprise-scale data platforms, strong SQL skills, proficiency in Python or other modern programming languages used for data engineering, and experience working with AWS cloud services including EC2, RDS, Lambda, Athena, Glue, S3, and IAM. Experience delivering technology solutions within regulated industries such as the UK Public Sector, Utilities, Energy, Water, or Financial Services is also required.

What you get

The role offers a competitive salary along with 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays. Additional benefits include company paid medical insurance and life assurance, a pension scheme, an annual training allowance, a wellbeing allowance, a virtual GP, and an Employee Assistance plan.