Data Engineering Jobs in Manchester

• Manchester
• Hybrid
• £700 pd
• Senior · manages people
• Contract

Lead a new central data function for a regulated financial services business, bringing data from multiple operating platforms into one capability. You'll stand up and manage a distributed team of architects, engineers, analysts, stewards and QA, setting governance, cadence and delivery structure, with an immediate start expected.

• Manchester
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £56,293 – £61,064 pa
• Senior

Lead and oversee data architecture across multiple systems, designing data models, metadata frameworks and integration, warehousing and cloud-based data services. Work with technical architects, project teams and stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, well-governed solutions, supporting the full data product lifecycle from design to live service.

MS SQL · MySQL · MongoDB +6

• Manchester
• Hybrid
• £85,000 – £95,000 pa
• Permanent

Designs, builds and maintains data solutions on Microsoft Fabric, including pipelines, lakehouses, warehouses and integrations for financial reporting. Partners with Finance and business stakeholders to turn complex requirements into secure, automated data platforms, while driving best practice in governance, testing and CI/CD.

Microsoft Fabric · Data Factory · OneLake +4

• Manchester
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £85,000 – £95,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on role building the next generation of a financial data platform on Microsoft Fabric, designing pipelines, lakehouses and warehouses and integrating financial systems with enterprise platforms and APIs. You will build data models and reporting layers for Finance, working closely with senior business stakeholders, and apply testing, source control and deployment practices. The team is a growing in-house data engineering function in a major professional services firm.

Microsoft Fabric · Data Factory · OneLake +4

• Manchester
• Hybrid
• £70,000 – £95,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Hands-on lead role owning an existing SQL Server, SSIS and Power BI data estate and modernising it into a governed AWS lakehouse with batch and real-time processing. Combines architecture and technology selection with line management of a small Data Engineering team, plus building a Customer Data Platform and enabling BI, Data Science and Applied AI.

AWS · SQL Server · SSIS +7

• Manchester
• Remote
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Mid-level

Builds and owns data pipelines in Python and SQL on an AWS platform, working with S3, Glue, Lambda and Redshift. Integrates internal and external data sources, automates reporting and improves data quality, with ownership of infrastructure, pipelines and data models. Joins a new data team at a growing financial services business, shaping the platform from day one.

AWS · S3 · AWS Glue +2

• Manchester
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• £800 – £1,000 pd
• Lead
• Contract

Hands-on technical leadership role shaping a strategic data platform for an investment management firm, with Snowflake at its core. Responsibilities span designing scalable platform solutions, building and optimising end-to-end ELT pipelines, defining engineering standards and governance, and developing Infrastructure as Code with Cloud Engineering. Works in an Agile team supporting analytics, AI and ML adoption.

Snowflake · Snowpark · dbt +7

• Manchester
• Hybrid
• £70,000 – £90,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Hands-on lead role owning an existing data estate and building a modern, scalable platform supporting BI, Data Science and Applied AI. Involves modernising SQL Server, SSIS/SSDT and Power BI, building lakehouse architecture on AWS, streaming with Flink, Terraform and CI/CD, plus line-managing a small team of Data Engineers.

AWS · SQL Server · SSIS +7