# Staff Data Engineer

**Company:** [Bazaarvoice](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/bazaarvoice)
**Location:** Belfast, United Kingdom
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Apache Airflow, Dagster, dbt, Spark, SQL, Amazon Athena, Trino, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Postgres, MySQL, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, AWS, GCP
**Posted:** 2025-11-26

> Builds and leads the development of large-scale distributed data systems and pipelines that power products and organizational decision-making. The role requires 7+ years of data engineering experience, cloud expertise, and strong technical leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and support large-scale, distributed data systems that power products and services.
- Develop data pipelines and optimize data storage and retrieval processes.
- Ensure the reliability and scalability of data architecture.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and implement solutions.
- Troubleshoot data-system issues.
- Advocate for and implement software engineering best practices to improve the efficiency, maintainability, and robustness of data systems.
- Provide technical leadership and apply problem-solving and analytical skills.

## Requirements
- BSc in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience designing and building robust, scalable, distributed data systems and pipelines using open-source and public cloud technologies.
- Strong experience with data orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow and Dagster.
- Experience with big data storage and processing technologies such as dbt, Apache Spark, SQL, Athena/Trino, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, and relational database management systems including PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, and Apache Flink.
- Experience with public cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, plus Terraform.
- Strong knowledge of software engineering practices, including testing, CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, agile development, Git/version control, and containers.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Passion for staying current with emerging data engineering technologies and trends.

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