Senior Data Engineer - Energy

Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong Python and SQL skills in data engineering contexts.
• Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines.
• Experience working with SQL and data-engineering environments such as Databricks or Spark.
• Ability to work closely with non-engineering stakeholders and translate business needs into data models.
• Desire to become an expert in all facets of the energy systems in which we participate, from behind-the-meter asset optimisation to retail energy supply.
• 4+ years of related experience is nice to have.
• Experience in energy supply, trading, or market-facing data systems is nice to have.
• Exposure to regulated or operationally critical data environments is nice to have.
• Familiarity with CHP, generation assets, or flexibility markets is nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of data pipelines supporting our supply business.
• Ensure data is accurate, timely, and fit for both operational and analytical use in our pipelines.
• Collaborate with supply managers to deliver insights and serve as a first point of contact.
• Ingest data from internal systems, market sources, and third-party providers.
• Implement transformations, validations, and reconciliation logic using Python and SQL.
• Proactively identify and resolve data quality issues.
• Work closely with engineers to ensure data systems integrate with trading and optimization platforms.
• Support the broader engineering team by owning supply-domain data complexity.
• Contribute to improving standards and tooling across the data platform.
• Build a strong, working understanding of the UK energy supply industry, including market structures, products, and commercial drivers.
• Maintain familiarity with UK electricity and gas market mechanics, settlement processes, and key regulatory frameworks.
• Translate regulatory, commercial, and operational requirements into robust data models and pipelines.

Technologies

• Databricks
• Support
• Python
• SQL
• Spark

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Our client is a well-established energy business in London hiring a Senior Data Engineer to support the next phase of growth. The role is based in Mayfair and operates on a hybrid basis with three office days and two remote days per week. This position sits within both the supply-side of the business and the broader technology department, offering clear ownership of a critical part of the technical foundation, close collaboration with trading, optimisation, and operations teams, and long-term scope as the company and product grow. The salary is 70,000 to 100,000, and the role is permanent.

last updated 34 week of 2026