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Founding Data Engineer | Fast-Growing Tech Scale-Up £95-105K
We're working with a well-capitalised AI startup automating large parts of the property management lifecycle - tenancy, maintenance, resident comms - via an agentic AI layer on top of a modern data platform. Pre-revenue but converting its first major enterprise pilots to paid imminently, including a client representing a meaningful share of the market. Well-backed with a healthy runway and no near-term pressure to raise.
This is a builder role: you'll own the core data architecture the AI product is built on, not maintain someone else's pipelines.
The Role
- Own and build the core data platform architecture end-to-end
- Design a real-time streaming architecture using Kafka - batch-free environment
- Work extensively in Python
- Build and maintain infrastructure across Postgres and BigQuery
- Lead integration work as new enterprise clients onboard - a constant, high-visibility workstream
- Provide technical (not people) leadership as the engineering team scales
What We're Looking For
- Strong hands-on Python (non-negotiable)
- Real-time/streaming experience with Kafka or equivalent
- Postgres and BigQuery experience (or equivalent SQL/warehouse tooling)
- Comfortable on GCP or AWS
- Genuine "builder" mindset - owns architecture, drives decisions
- Strong commercial awareness - ties data decisions to business outcomes
- AI-in-product experience a strong plus
- Comfortable with startup intensity and 4-day in-office culture
What's On Offer
- Up to £120,000 base + equity equivalent in value to salary
- A foundational data platform build from an early stage, with growth into Principal Engineer or Head of Data Engineering
- Backing from a well-resourced investor base with a long runway
Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.
