Data Engineer

Data Engineer – Generative AI Location: Stevenage or Bolton Salary: £45,000 to £55,000 depending on experience Contract: Permanent, Full Time, Hybrid Working Clearance: British citizenship required (SC clearance required) Are you an experienced Data Engineer with a passion for enabling AI innovation? This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing international data and technology function where you'll shape the data foundations behind advanced generative AI capabilities. You will play a key role in evaluating, designing and maintaining high quality data sets for internal teams, ensuring data pipelines are secure, resilient and scalable. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex data challenges, collaborating with diverse stakeholders and staying at the forefront of emerging technologies. Key Responsibilities Design, build and maintain high performance data pipelines for analytics, AI and operational systems Evaluate, optimise and secure data sets used by internal customers across the organisation Apply best practice in data quality, governance and compliance Develop ETL, API and data exchange solutions to support engineering and business workflows Contribute to the technology roadmap by researching and recommending new tools and approaches Support generative AI, NLP and OCR initiatives through high quality data preparation and engineering Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure datasets are structured, accessible and future proof Skills and Experience Essential: Strong SQL experience such as MS SQL or Oracle Experience with NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB, InfluxDB or Neo4J ETL, ESB, API or similar data integration experience Development experience such as Python Exposure to big data tools or architectures such as the Hadoop ecosystem Experience with NLP or OCR technologies Desirable: Knowledge of generative AI concepts or frameworks Experience with containerisation such as Docker Experience in industrial, engineering or defence environments What’s on Offer Company performance bonus Up to 14% pension contribution Paid overtime or up to 15 additional holidays Enhanced parental leave and comprehensive family policies Excellent onsite facilities including subsidised meals and free parking