Please note: This is not a live vacancy. We are hiring ahead of demand and building a talent pipeline for upcoming client engagements. By applying, you're expressing interest in future opportunities, and we'll be in touch as soon as a matching role becomes available.
Data EngineerAbout the role and teamHands-on delivery engineers working under the Architect to execute data migrations. Responsible for building and fixing data pipelines, resolving technical debt, and getting platforms to a stable, production-ready state.
What you'll be doing- Design, build, and optimise data pipelines on the AWS stack
- Identify and resolve existing technical debt in migrations
- Work collaboratively with client engineering teams to transfer knowledge
- Contribute to stabilising platforms and hitting delivery milestones
- Support the Architect in defining and implementing the target state
- Experience with the AWS data stack: S3, Glue, Redshift, Lake Formation
- Familiarity with Lakehouse patterns and architecture
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience in regulated or high-volume data environments
- Betting and/or gaming domain knowledge required
We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.
We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.
We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.
Our hiring processWe try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.
It usually looks like this:
- Call with our Talent Acquisition Team
- Role specific capability interview
Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.
Inclusion at CreateFutureWe believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.
If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help.
We look forward to your application!
Skills Required
- Experience with the AWS data stack: S3, Glue, Redshift, Lake Formation
- Familiarity with Lakehouse patterns and architecture
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Strong proficiency in SQL
- Experience in regulated or high-volume data environments
- Betting and/or gaming domain knowledge
What We Do
CreateFuture was built to take action. With our 500-strong team of software engineering, strategy and design experts, across Edinburgh, Leeds, London and Manchester, we’re determined to get you exactly what you need. As with our past clients, we get to the root of your challenge and do everything it takes to create positive solutions by building digital products and services that solve problems. With years of experience helping catalyse major organisations into action, our rapid growth has been driven by people who seek to understand before they solve. We care about our craft. We challenge each other by asking, “Why not?”. And we’re proud to collaborate and partner with the likes of PayPal, adidas, FanDuel, Money Saving Expert, Penguin Random House, Yorkshire Building Society and more. With CreateFuture, our people are at the forefront of every outcome and we know that a strong team dynamic is critical to success, so we’ll be there for you every step of the way. We draw on their unique skills for problem-solving – and helping your teams unleash their potential too. Put simply, we want to be an organisation that people want to work for and want to work with. You don’t need to have all the answers. Share your problem and we’ll go from there. Let’s create something incredible, together, today.
