Senior Data Engineer

Founding Data Engineer
South West | Hybrid
Up to £80,000

An award-winning e-commerce platform is looking for a Founding Data Engineer to help build and scale its data capability.

With around 120 people and growing, the business operates in a fast-moving B2B e-commerce environment where data is becoming increasingly central to how the platform evolves, supports partners, and drives decision-making across the company.

This is a rare opportunity to be the first dedicated Data Engineer, working closely with leadership and an external data consultancy in the early stages while bringing long-term ownership of the platform in-house.

It’s a hands-on role with real autonomy and influence. You’ll help establish the foundations of the data platform and play a key role in shaping the future data architecture, tooling and team as the company continues to scale.

What you’ll be doing

• Building and developing the core data platform and pipelines
• Working alongside an external consultancy to establish best-practice architecture
• Designing and optimising the data warehouse and data models
• Developing scalable data pipelines using modern data tooling
• Supporting analytics, reporting and product teams with reliable data access
• Helping shape the longer-term data strategy and engineering function

Tech stack

Databricks • Data Warehouse • PySpark • Python • SQL

What they’re looking for

• Strong experience in data engineering and building production data pipelines
• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Experience with data warehousing and data modelling
• Someone comfortable taking ownership in a growing environment
• A pragmatic, hands-on engineer who enjoys building and improving systems

Why join

• Foundational data hire with real ownership and influence
• Opportunity to shape the data platform and future team
• Join an award-winning e-commerce business in a strong growth phase
• Work in a collaborative, ambitious environment
• Salary up to £80,000

This is a brilliant opportunity for a Data Engineer who enjoys building platforms from the ground up and wants real ownership of direction.

Diversity & Inclusion

Mirai believes in the power of diversity and the importance of an inclusive culture. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, understanding that a range of perspectives strengthens both our team and our partners’ teams. This is one of the ways we’re helping shape a more collaborative and diverse future in the workplace.