Data Engineer

About the Company

Abtrace is solving one of the most complex, impactful problems in healthcare for a generation. Supporting over 500 primary care practices across the UK, we automate routine care to improve health outcomes and reduce operational burden for the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines using Python on AWS
• Own and evolve the data warehouse architecture toward a centralized lakehouse
• Streamline testing, releases, and the experience of adding or changing models
• Implement transformation tooling using dbt
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and data quality checks across critical pipelines
• Partner with analytics, engineering, and product teams to improve developer experience
• Contribute to data security and compliance (ISO 27001, GDPR)

Requirements

• Solid experience as a data engineer or backend engineer
• Strong SQL and Python skills for large or distributed datasets
• Experience designing and operating production data pipelines
• Experience with cloud data platforms, ideally AWS
• Familiarity with dbt and orchestration tools like Airflow, Dagster, or Step Functions
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK)
• Ability to make architectural decisions in a small team environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries
• Experience with data governance at scale (masking, access control)
• Experience as an early data engineer at a startup
• Background in data quality, observability, or platform engineering

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on healthcare outcomes
• Collaborative, inclusive culture focused on learning and innovation
• Ongoing professional development in emerging data technologies
• Flexible working with a commitment to work-life balance