Calyptus
Data Engineer
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About this opportunity
This role is being recruited by Calyptus on behalf of one of our clients.
Calyptus is a specialist recruitment partner helping startups and high-growth technology companies hire across engineering, product and design.
What to expect
- We’ll review your application and, if your experience is a strong match, one of our team will be in touch.
- We’ll support you throughout the interview process and keep you updated at each stage.
- If this particular role isn’t the right fit, we may consider you for other relevant opportunities with our clients
This is the foundation role for our intelligence layer. You'll design and build the data architecture that the company's recommendation and personalization work runs on — partnering directly with the AI Engineer who builds the algorithms. They design the model; you make sure the data is there, clean, fast and structured to support it. This is deliberately an individual contributor role, not a lead. We're looking for someone who wants to build.
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What you'll do
- Design, build and own the data architecture behind a consumer platform.
- Build reliable, performant pipelines that feed production ML and personalisation systems.
- Model data so it's genuinely usable — by algorithms and by people.
- Work hand-in-hand with the AI Engineer to get the right signals into the right shape.
- Make pragmatic architecture decisions in a fast-moving, pre-Series B environment.
What we're looking for
- Mid-senior Data Engineer with intimate, hands-on knowledge of data architecture — you've made the design decisions, not just implemented someone else's.
- Experience supporting production ML or recommendation systems with the data underneath them.
- A strong individual contributor who wants to stay hands-on.
- AI-native: you use modern AI tooling as a genuine multiplier on your own work.
- Comfortable in a small, in-office team where you'll see the impact of your work immediately.
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Strongly preferred
- Background in travel or a comparable high-volume consumer platform (e.g. TripAdvisor, Booking, Expedia).
- Experience at a company that scaled through Series B to C/D/E.
Genuine opportunities
Every role advertised by Calyptus is a live position we’re actively recruiting for. Some clients prefer to remain confidential during the early stages of the hiring process. When that’s the case, certain company details may be shared later in the process.
Why work with Calyptus?
- Access opportunities with ambitious startups and high-growth technology companies.
- Direct support from experienced specialist recruiters.
- Honest feedback and clear communication throughout the hiring process.
- Long-term career support, not just a single job application.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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