Data Engineer

Data Engineer | Manchester (3 days per week in the office) | up to £60k + benefits
Azure | Microsoft Fabric | Data Platform

We're looking for a skilled and motivatedData Engineer to join a growing data platform team, building the pipelines and integrations that power analytics and operational systems across the business.

You'll work in a modern Azure environment centred onMicrosoft Fabric and medallion architecture, partnering closely with data analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, governed data products.

What you'll be doing

• Designing and maintaining scalable ELT/ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric pipelines
• Implementing medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) across the data platform
• Building reliable ingestion from APIs, databases, flat files, and event streams
• Supporting master data management, data quality rules, and golden record definition
• Working hands-on with ADLS, Azure SQL, Event Hubs, Delta Lake, and OneLake
• Designing integration patterns and REST APIs to support near real-time data flows
• Contributing to infrastructure-as-code and environment provisioning in Azure

What you'll bring

• Solid hands-on data engineering experience - pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data modelling
• Strong Azure Data Factory experience
• Experience with, or strong interest in, Microsoft Fabric (lakehouse and pipeline capabilities)
• Practical understanding of medallion architecture
• Strong Python and/or SQL skills for transformation, automation, and quality checks
• API integration experience and solid grasp of integration design patterns
• Good working knowledge of Azure services: ADLS, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Event Hubs

Nice to have

• Fabric Lakehouses, Warehouses, and Data Pipelines experience
• Exposure to streaming/event-driven patterns (Event Hubs, Kafka)
• CI/CD and version control experience (Git, Azure DevOps)
• Data governance / Microsoft Purview knowledge
• Background in a high-volume operational or analytical environment