Senior Data Engineer I (Data Platform)

<div class="content-intro"><p> </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, 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 of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market. </p> <hr> <p> </p></div><h4><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Location: London office / Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)</strong></span></h4> <h4><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reporting to: Data Engineering Manager</strong></span></h4> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><strong>The Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Millions of people visit the Rightmove website every month. We have a huge amount of data about how people use the site, and what this means to our customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You’ll be joining our growing Data Engineering & Infrastructure team, a collaborative, high-performing group of engineers that uses this data to build the infrastructure that powers the UK’s favourite property site.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In this role, you will take ownership of the systems and infrastructure that ingest, process, and serve data across Rightmove. You will be responsible for the infrastructure, tooling, and engineering practices that power our data ecosystem, including data ingestion, orchestration, storage, and the developer experience for data producers and consumers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You will bring strong hands-on expertise to our GCP-based data platform, design reusable patterns and tools, write robust Python and SQL, and deploy infrastructure with Terraform, while influencing the standards and technical decisions that the wider data engineering team works to.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be a technical leader and multiplier within the data platform team. You will own the infrastructure, frameworks, and internal tooling that power Rightmove’s data ecosystem. You will contribute to the technical direction for how data is ingested, pr