Salary: £65,000 - 70,000 per year Requirements:

Advanced SQL, ideally with strong Snowflake SQL experience
Strong Python skills, particularly for data ingestion, API integrations, automation, and ETL scripting
Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake
Hands-on experience with Fivetran and/or Meltano/Singer, or comparable ETL/ELT technologies
Solid experience integrating REST APIs, JSON, CSV files, and databases
Working knowledge of Bash or shell scripting
Day-to-day experience with Git and version control
Experience with pipeline monitoring, logging, error handling, and data freshness and health monitoring
Desirable: experience with dbt
Desirable: knowledge of Azure and/or Microsoft Fabric
Desirable: basic Power BI skills
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
An ownership mindset and comfort operating the systems you build
Clear communication skills, including explaining technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
A pragmatic approach, with a bias toward automation and maintainable code

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain ELT/ETL pipelines that load data into Snowflake from REST APIs, databases, flat files, and third-party platforms
Develop Python-based ingestion, automation, and ETL scripts, including API integrations and scheduled jobs
Configure and manage managed or open-source connectors using Fivetran and/or Meltano/Singer, or comparable tools
Write and optimise advanced Snowflake SQL for transformations, performance tuning, and data modelling
Implement pipeline monitoring, logging, alerting, error handling, and data freshness and health checks
Troubleshoot pipeline failures, investigate data quality issues, and perform root-cause analysis
Use Git and sound version-control practices, including branching, code review, and documentation
Automate operational tasks with Bash or shell scripting where appropriate
Contribute to architecture decisions, including the potential future evolution of our backend platform toward Azure or Microsoft Fabric

Technologies:

API
Azure
Backend
Bash
ETL
Fabric
Fivetran
Git
JSON
Power BI
Python
REST
SQL
Snowflake
dbt
Cloud

More:

At Prize Placements, we are hiring a hands-on Data Engineer for a permanent backend engineering role based in Hertfordshire, with remote or hybrid working options. You will own and develop reliable data pipelines, working closely with analysts and BI colleagues who consume the data; building dashboards and reports is not the focus. The role reports to the Head of Data or Engineering Manager. We offer a salary of £65,000 plus a 20% bonus (£13,000), an excellent pension scheme, 25 days of annual leave rising to 28 days within three years, private medical cover, and flexible working, including up to three days working from home per week.

last updated 44 week of 2026

Data Engineer (SQL, Python, Data Pipelines)

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