Maxwell Bond
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Senior Data Engineer / AI Data Architect
(Knowledge & AI Systems)
Central Manchester (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Up to £75,000 DOE + Bonus
Are you a Senior Data Engineer or Data Architect who enjoys looking at the bigger picture and shaping how data systems should work across an organisation? We’re working with a high-growth SaaS marketplace transforming the Sport & Events industry through a large-scale e-commerce platform.
As the business scales, they’re investing in the core data and knowledge layer that underpins AI, search, and intelligent automation across the organisation. This is a senior, hands-on role focused on designing the architecture, standards and foundations that allow these systems to scale safely and reliably.
You’ll take a big-picture view of Data Engineering, making sure the organisation has the right architecture, modelling, governance and engineering practices in place. You’ll act as a safety net for the data platform — identifying risks, designing for resilience and making sure the foundations are strong enough to support future AI and product development.
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What They're Looking For
- Strong experience as a Senior Data Engineer, Data Architect or similar, designing scalable data platforms and AWS-based data solutions
- Strong data modelling experience, including domain modelling and ontology design
- Experience with AI data systems, including hybrid retrieval, vector/graph search, RAG and search/recommendation
- Ability to take a big-picture view of data architecture, connecting pipelines, platforms, knowledge systems and applications
- Strong architectural judgement, with a focus on scalability, resilience, data quality, security and reliability
- Comfortable providing technical direction across emerging areas such as knowledge graphs, agentic AI and context engineering
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What’s In It For You?
- Up to £75,000 salary (DOE) + Up to 20% bonus
- Hybrid working 3 days in Central Manchester
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to shape the architecture and foundations behind brand new AI systems
- Significant ownership over the wider data engineering strategy and technical direction
- Exposure to cutting-edge AI, retrieval, knowledge and agentic systems
If you’re a Senior Data Engineer or Data Architect who wants to step back from simply building pipelines and take ownership of the bigger picture surrounding architecture, resilience, data quality and the foundations behind modern AI systems, this is a great opportunity to make a real impact.
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