Senior Data Engineer – Platforms & Solutions

About the role

Runibex is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and build scalable, end‑to‑end data solutions as part of its growing Data & AI practice. You will help shape engineering capabilities, service offerings, and practice growth across the UK, Europe, and Türkiye.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and deliver modern data platforms, pipelines and integration solutions for cloud‑native, hybrid and on‑premises environments.
• Take technical ownership of customer projects from discovery and design through deployment, operation and mentoring of junior engineers.
• Collaborate on pre‑sales activities, proof‑of‑concepts and establish reusable architectures, standards and delivery practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for technical merit and business value.

Required profile

• Strong hands‑on experience in data engineering: SQL, data modeling, ETL/ELT and data integration.
• Production‑grade data pipeline/platform experience and solid understanding of cloud services (AWS or Azure).
• Ability to reason about architectural trade‑offs, make sound decisions and stay involved in implementation.
• Professional proficiency in English and willingness to travel up to 40% internationally.

Required skills

• Python and related data processing libraries.
• SQL, data modeling, ETL/ELT tools.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and modern data architectures (data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses).
• Containers, Linux, infrastructure fundamentals; familiarity with Kubernetes and IaC.
• Big‑data tools such as Spark, Airflow, Dagster, dbt, Kafka (nice to have).