About this role
Salary: £65,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements: Experience dealing with unstructured data including voice, chat, and imageProven ability to manage secure, high-performance database environmentsExcellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skillsA passion for continuous learning and innovationExperience with DatabricksExperience with Azure FabricKnowledge of Confluent or Apache FlinkAt least one year remaining on a Graduate or Post-Study Work visa Responsibilities: Design and implement robust data ingestion pipelines for unstructured data using modern data engineering tools and frameworksDevelop and maintain scalable storage solutions, such as data lakes and NoSQL databases, optimized for unstructured dataCollaborate with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure data availability, quality, and usabilityApply data parsing, extraction, and transformation techniques, such as NLP, OCR, and image/audio processingImplement data governance, metadata management, and data cataloging for unstructured data assetsMonitor and optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiencyEnsure compliance with data privacy and security standardsShare knowledge and mentor team membersStay ahead of the curve with the latest database technologiesWork on real-time cloud streaming solutions Technologies: AIAzureCloudDatabricksFabricFlinkSupportNoSQLSecurityArchitect More:
We are Acorn Insurance, part of the Acorn Group, with proud Liverpool roots and over 40 years of specialist insurance expertise. We have grown into a national leader with more than 1,700 people across the UK and reached a milestone of £750 million in total value of insurance policies written in 2024. We are seeking a talented and experienced Data Engineer to join our innovative and collaborative Database and AI Team in Liverpool, UK. This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm, with a salary of £65,000 - £70,000 per annum depending on experience. We value innovation, teamwork, and continuous development, and we offer a range of benefits including up to 35 days holiday, 24/7 mental health support and free counselling, flexible benefits, hybrid working options, career development opportunities, recognition awards, and social events. We also hold accreditations and recognitions including Mindful Employer, Disability Confident Level 1 & 2, Menopause Friendly, Armed Forces Covenant signatory, Great Places to Work 2024/25, Best Place to Work for Development, and Best Place to Work for Women.
last updated 38 week of 2026