Senior Data Engineer II (Data Platform)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 4, 67);"><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/careers/content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-30-July-2026-at-10.03.05-3-8.png" alt="" width="1001"><strong><br><br></strong></span></p> <p>Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler,&nbsp;by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.</p> <p>We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions&nbsp;of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.&nbsp;</p> <hr> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><h4><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Location:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;London (Hybrid, 2 days per week in the office)</span>&nbsp;</span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Reporting to:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;Data Engineering Manager</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></h4> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Help shape the future of data at Rightmove</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:261,&quot;335559739&quot;:261,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">At Rightmove, our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. Millions of people use our platform every month, generating data that powers better experiences for consumers and customers across the property market.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer II to play a leading role in shaping the data platform that underpins the UK's largest property marketplace. You'll combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to build scalable, reliable data infrastructure while influencing how data engineering is practised across the organisation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">This is an opportunity to have genuine technical influence, working on platform capabilities that support analytics, machine learning, AI initiatives, and data-driven decision-making at scale. You will be expected to be able to drive forward the transition to AI-Assisted Data Engineering and should have solid experience in this area.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 4, 51);"><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">A note from your future manager: <em><span style="color: rgb(0, 222, 182);">"This role architects and builds how our data platform, transformation layer, and processing frameworks work together at scale, so the whole business can build on solid ground."</span></em></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">What you'll be doing</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:261,&quot;335559739&quot;:261,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Lead the design and evolution of Rightmove's data platform, making key architectural decisions that support long-term scalability, reliability, and performance</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Own the architecture, design and build of shared platform capabilities for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and processing across batch and real-time workloads.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Own the integration strategy across tools such as&nbsp;dbt, Spark and Beam</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Lead the implementation and adoption of data quality, observability, security, testing and deployment including creating and sharing standards</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Partner closely with Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and product teams to ensure platform capabilities solve real-world problems</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Evaluate and introduce new technologies, helping the business adopt modern approaches to data engineering and AI-powered workflows,&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">agents and automations</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Contribute to the data platform roadmap, identifying opportunities for improvement and influencing future investment decisions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Take ownership of growing the team’s technical capability through mentoring, structured feedback, and leading by example, and help engineers at all levels develop</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">What we're looking for</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:261,&quot;335559739&quot;:261,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Significant technical leadership in data platform engineering roles, with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives to completion without needing fully formed requirements</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Strong architectural expertise across modern data &amp; AI platforms, including data ingestion, processing, storage, and transformation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Genuinely cares for the growth and development of engineers around them, investing in mentoring, creating a culture of technical excellence, and supporting others</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Hands on experience transitioning to an AI-native Data Engineering landscape</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">A strong Python and SQL engineer with experience using&nbsp;dbt, Spark and Terraform</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Strong experience working with GCP (or a comparable cloud platform), Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD practices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Deep understanding of data storage and modelling principles, including dimensional modelling,&nbsp;lakehouse&nbsp;patterns, and the governance and operational setup of tools like&nbsp;dbt, and applies data security and GDPR principles in platform-level architectural decisions</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience building and operating production-scale data pipelines, balancing performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.</span><span da

LOCATION

London, United Kingdom

WORK MODE

On-site

JOB TYPE

Not specified

POSTED

Nov 3, 2026

CLOSING

Dec 18, 2026

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