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Data Engineer

📍 Manchester (Hybrid 2 days in office)

💰 Competitive Salary + Benefits

We're working with one of Manchester's fasted growing scale ups who as part of a major platform rebuild and a move towards an AI-first operating model, they're creating a brand-new engineering function.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to build something from the ground up, this data engineering role is for you.

What's on offer as a data engineer

* Competitive salary

* Hybrid working from Manchester

* Learning from the Head of AI

* The opportunity to build and own a business-critical platform from day one

* A high-growth, ambitious environment where you can make a real impact

As a Data Engineer you will be…

* Building and owning the knowledge platform used by AI agents and engineering teams

* Designing domain models, ontologies and knowledge structures that optimise retrieval quality

* Evaluating and selecting the right knowledge storage approaches, from traditional file systems through to graph, vector and database-backed solutions

* Understanding and communicating the trade-offs between different knowledge architectures and retrieval approaches

* Developing hybrid retrieval strategies using embeddings, vector search, graph data and keyword search

As a Data Engineer we're looking for…

* Strong experience in Knowledge Engineering, Data Engineering or a similar field

* Expertise in ontology design, domain modelling and knowledge representation

* Strong understanding of data architecture and how knowledge systems should be structured for scale and retrieval quality

* Experience with SQL databases, particularly PostgreSQL

* Experience working with AWS, including DynamoDB

* Knowledge of embeddings, vector databases, knowledge graphs and hybrid retrieval approaches

Please click to apply for this data engineering role, or similarly feel free to reach out to see what other opportunities we have