Senior Data Engineer

Position: Software Engineer in Test

Location: Galway, Hybrid

Type: Contract (12 month)

Important: This role is only open to Stamp 4 holders, EU or Irish citizens

Your Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in software development or data engineering.
• Strong Linux proficiency spanning networking, processes, filesystems, cron, and systemctl.
• Extensive hands-on experience with shell scripting across bash, ksh, and zsh.
• Professional, production-level experience with Perl, Python, or comparable scripting languages.
• Solid grounding in data science concepts, statistical methods, and data analysis tooling.
• Proficiency in SQL, relational schema design, and query optimisation.
• Practical experience with visualisation and chart generation tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and automated deployment workflows.
• A background in modernising legacy scripting ecosystems.
• Exposure to pipelines involving message queues, APIs, ETL schedulers, or workflow managers.
• Experience working within cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Use of Python for data automation, machine learning, or web APIs.
• A history of building internal libraries or reusable tooling for engineering teams.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please drop me a message, forward your CV using the apply button or reach out to me directly via Colin.foley@cpl.ie

#LI-CF3