Senior Data Engineer

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 appropriateEssential 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 skillsDesirable 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