Senior Data Engineer - Databricks - AWS - London (Hybrid) - Up to £80,000I''m working with a client that is growing fast within analytics and data company operating across the sports, media and entertainment sector. They''re expanding their data engineering capability as demand continues to scale. With data at the core of how the business drives performance, commercial insight and strategic decision-making, this is an opportunity to join a company investing heavily in modern, cloud-native data architecture.This is an opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer who wants to lead on Databricks architecture, influence technical direction and mentor others, while remaining hands-on with complex, large-scale data systems.The RoleArchitect and evolve robust, scalable data infrastructure and workflowsLead technical design decisions and contribute to long-term platform strategyDrive operational excellence across performance, security, governance and cost optimisationMentor engineers and raise engineering standards across the teamChampion modern architectural patterns including event-driven, streaming and distributed systemsKey ExperienceStrong expertise in distributed data architectures (lambda/kappa)Expert-level data modelling (star/snowflake schemas, SCD Types 1-3, fact optimisation)Deep understanding of medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) lakehouse and data mesh principlesProven experience defining data contracts, cataloguing standards, and observability practicesStrong performance tuning a