Data Engineer
Piper Maddox
Job Description
Role: Data Engineer Location: Glasgow/London We’re partnering with a global leader in renewable energy, driven by a clear mission: to accelerate the transition to affordable, zero-carbon power worldwide. This is a business tackling some of the most complex challenges in energy today, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge digital solutions. At the heart of that is data. They’re investing heavily in their digital capabilities and building a team of ambitious engineers who want to make a real-world impact. You’ll be joining a collaborative, international environment where learning, progression, and innovation are genuinely encouraged. The Role As a Data Engineer, you’ll play a key role in building and scaling modern data platforms that power critical decision-making across renewable energy assets. Working within a growing digital function, you’ll help design and develop data pipelines and lakehouse solutions that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning initiatives. This is a hands-on role with plenty of scope to learn, contribute ideas, and grow your expertise—particularly within the Databricks ecosystem. What You’ll Be Doing Building and maintaining robust, scalable data pipelines Supporting the development of modern lakehouse architectures (e.g.
Delta Lake) Collaborating with engineers, analysts, and product teams to deliver high-quality data solutions Ensuring data quality, reliability, and performance through testing and monitoring Contributing to best practices across data engineering and cloud platforms Supporting CI/CD and DevOps approaches for data workflows Keeping up to date with emerging tools and technologies in the data space Knowledge & Experience Experience working in data engineering, ideally within cloud-based environments Exposure to Databricks or similar modern data platforms Understanding of data modelling, warehousing, and pipeline design Familiarity with batch and/or streaming data processing Awareness of data governance and best practices Technical Skills Strong Python and SQL skills Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines Exposure to orchestration tools (e.g. workflows, dbt, or similar) Experience with version control and CI/CD tooling is a plus Why Join? Work on meaningful projects that directly impact the future of clean energy Be part of a fast-growing, globally connected team Learn from experienced engineers and develop your skillset in a supportive environment Access to a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package Clear opportunities for career progression as the team continues to scale This is a great opportunity for someone looking to step into a role where they can build, learn, and make an impact, without needing to already be at a senior level. If you're interested, please apply below: