Data Engineer

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: until end of December 2030

The opportunity:

Use your knowledge to drive change. Be part of something bigger.

Here, you can continue to make a difference in everything around you. Take on new challenges, grow your career, be recognised for your contributions, and benefit from our commitment to your wellbeing. Be part of something bigger — where your work has real impact and your development matters. There are so many reasons to take your next step with us.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We look for the best in the field across all disciplines and provide a working environment where academics can develop their careers and passion for their chosen subject area.

• Do you want to help shape the future of global livestock impact by building the trusted data foundations that power evidence-based decision making and AI-ready insights?
• Are you excited by the challenge of untangling complex, imperfect datasets and turning them into secure, trusted, and AI-ready information assets?
• Are you an experienced Data Engineer who thrives on bringing clarity, governance, and structure to complex data environments while driving best practice across an organisation?
• Are you motivated to you build trusted, secure, and well-governed data systems from complex and often undocumented data sources, while helping an organisation become truly AI-ready?

We are looking for a methodological, highly organised, rigorous and service oriented individual to manage SEBI-L livestock data derived from low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The post holder will take the lead in designing and maintaining a robust high-quality database of livestock data, ensuring that data is clean, harmonized, well described and governed. It is essential that the person who fills the role has strong attention to detail, and has prior experience working with highly regulated, complex data, with experience working in the private sector.

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Development and subject matter expertise
• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities
• Interesting work

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

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