Job Description:

Senior Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric)

📍 Hybrid Working (2 Days On-Site with Flexibility)
💰 Up to £55,000 - £75,000 + Benefits

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a growing team that is investing heavily in its modern data platform and cloud capabilities. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in designing, building, and enhancing enterprise-scale data solutions using the latest Microsoft technologies.

If you're passionate about data engineering and have strong experience with Microsoft Fabric, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining scalable data platforms, pipelines, and integrations that support critical business functions. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the business to deliver reliable, high-quality data solutions while helping shape the future direction of the data estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
• Develop scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric
• Work with structured and unstructured data from a variety of sources
• Support the development of data warehouses, lakehouses, and analytical platforms
• Collaborate with data analysts, developers, and business stakeholders
• Ensure data quality, governance, security, and performance best practices are followed
• Contribute to architectural decisions and continuous improvement initiatives
• Mentor junior team members where appropriate

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (essential)
• Experience working within Azure data environments
• Strong SQL development skills
• Experience with Python and/or PySpark
• Knowledge of Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and data integration solutions
• Understanding of modern data warehousing and lakehouse concepts
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Experience

• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Data governance and security experience
• Experience with Power BI
• Exposure to Agile delivery environments
• Experience leading projects or mentoring colleagues