Senior Data Engineer

YLD

Senior Data Engineer at YLD building innovative data solutions for clients. Seeking curious and experienced candidates skilled in data engineering and strong communication.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data EngineeringPythondata librariesmachine learning techniquesstatistical modellingdata analysisSQLrelational databasesdata pipelinesfeature engineering

Soft Skills

problem-solvingeffective communicationteam playercuriosityopennesscross-functional collaboration