Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
Jun 21, 2026
Seasonal
Data Engineer (Streaming) - Requirements Strong coding in Java (preferred) or Python Experience with Kafka, Flink, or Spark (Flink/Kafka ideal) Solid understanding of stream processing (event time, state, backpressure) Experience building ETL/ELT or real-time data pipelines Knowledge of microservices and distributed systems Tech & Cloud Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (AWS preferred) Familiarity with Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery Engineering Practices Strong in testing, CI/CD, Git Experience with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes Experience 3+ years in data engineering Agile experience and strong communication skills Nice to Have Consulting/client-facing experience Real-time/low-latency systems Certifications or mentoring experience Details 12 month FTC, very likely to convert to perm Upto 3 days per week in Newcastle Pay dependant on experience SC Clearance Essential