À propos de ce poste Senior Data Engineer chez YLD
Location: UK (Remote)
Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent
About YLD:
Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.
We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.
About the role:
As a Senior Data Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.
Preferred Skills:
- Strong experience in Data Engineering, including building and deploying data-driven solutions in production;
- Proficiency in Python and common data libraries for analysis, modelling, and data processing;
- Hands-on experience with machine learning techniques, statistical modelling, and data analysis;
- Solid knowledge of SQL and working with relational databases;
- Good understanding of data pipelines, data preprocessing, and feature engineering;
- Curiosity and openness to working in AI-assisted development environments, including experimenting with agentic coding tools and AI-driven workflows to improve productivity and quality;
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Use AI tools to augment your work, applying sound judgement to adopt emerging technologies where they genuinely add value and increase your impact as an engineer.
You should apply if you are:
- Self-motivated, proactive, and always looking for ways to improve and develop yourself;
- A good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You’ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly language;
- Detail-oriented;
- Possess strong problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs;
- Used to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment;
- Analytical and problem-solving-oriented;
- A genuine believer in diversity and fairness.
Benefits you’ll receive:
- Company Private Health care
- Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
- Enhanced pension scheme
- 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
- £2000 annual learning and development budget for training courses and conferences
- £300 annual allowance for additional hardware
- Wellbeing & Performance Support via Oli including Therapy and Coaching
- Discretionary Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)
- Generous referral schemes
Our typical recruitment process:
- 1st Interview with a Talent Partner (30-45 minutes)
- Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (90 minutes)
- Call with Hiring Manager (60 minutes
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We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:
- Growing every day
- Including everyone
- Relationships built on honesty and ethics
- Inspiring solutions
- Winning together
We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We also offer a remote-first working environment, with flexible working and work–life balance as standard for all employees.
