Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer | £60,000–£65,000 | SaaS | Huddersfield / Hybrid

A well-established SaaS company based in Huddersfield is looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to join its growing technology team.

This is a great opportunity to join a successful, tech-first business where data sits at the heart of the products they deliver. You’ll take ownership of the data pipelines, models and reporting that underpin the platform, while helping shape the future data architecture.

The role would suit a Senior Data Engineer who enjoys end-to-end ownership, solving complex data problems and working across the full data lifecycle.

Role Responsibilities:

Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines

Own the ingestion and processing of large national datasets

Develop data models, reporting databases and analytical datasets

Build automated data quality checks and monitoring

Improve the performance, reliability and cost of data workloads

Work closely with Product and Engineering teams on data requirements

Support data governance, security and compliance

Help shape data architecture and mentor other engineersRequirements:

Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer

Strong SQL / T-SQL and data modelling experience

Experience with SQL Server / Azure SQL

Experience building and managing data pipelines

Experience with Azure Data Factory or similar

Good understanding of data quality, governance and security

Experience working with large and complex datasets

Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Experience with Azure cloud technologiesExperience with Cosmos DB, Power BI, Docker and Terraform would be beneficial.

What’s On Offer:

£60,000–£65,000 salary, depending on experience

Hybrid working – circa 1–2 days onsite in Huddersfield

Opportunity to take genuine ownership of the data engineering function

Work across a broad modern technology stack

Highly collaborative and supportive environment

Opportunity to influence architecture and help shape the future of the platform