~5+ years in Data Engineering / Data Platform / AI Engineering / Advanced Analytics, ideally in large or regulated organisations.~ Proven experience designing and building cloud data platforms and data lakehouse architectures (preferably AWS ).~ Hands-on experience with Databricks or EMR for large-scale data transformation.~ Strong background in data ingestion and ETL .~ Experience with CDC-based pipelines and event-driven architectures for ingesting operational/transactional data.~ Experience integrating on-premise data lakes with cloud platforms in hybrid architectures .~ Experience enabling AI/ML solutions in production.~ Hands-on involvement in data governance, data quality, data rules and guardrails .~ Experience working with BI and business stakeholders on KPI design and data modelling for reporting/visualisation .