Data Engineer

Data EngineerNewcastleHybridCirca £60,000We are a market-leading e-commerce company, seeking a skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join our team in Newcastle. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing our data infrastructure, ensuring the seamless flow and integrity of data across our systems. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where your expertise in data engineering will directly impact our business decisions and strategies.Key Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines to support data integration and transformation processes.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.Optimize and tune data processing workflows to improve efficiency and performance.Implement and manage data storage solutions in cloud environments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.Develop and maintain data models and database schemas to support analytics and reporting.Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure data quality and consistency.Work with large datasets, performing data wrangling and preprocessing to prepare data for analysis.Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies.Requirements:Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.Strong proficiency in Python for data manipulation and automation tasks.Advanced SQL skills for querying and managing relational databases.Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure.Extensive experience in designing, building, and maintaining ETL pipelines.Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.