Data Engineering Jobs in Exeter

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people

Lead a delivery team of 8+ engineers building and productionising data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform for enterprise customers. Balances people leadership and hiring with hands-on technical oversight of architectures spanning Spark, Python/Scala, AWS/Azure/GCP, CI/CD and MLOps, while driving professional services metrics such as bookings, revenue, margin and CSAT.

Databricks · Apache Spark · AWS +7

• Derby
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £60,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design and build data pipelines, ETL processes, APIs and microservices in Python, deploying machine learning models and statistical analysis into production. Manage AWS infrastructure (S3, Lambda, EC2, RDS, Glue) supporting data and application workloads, working with large complex datasets in an innovative technology team.

AWS · NumPy · Pandas +7

• London
• Mid-level

Supports geospatial data governance and quality assurance within a large-scale Common Data Environment on a major UK rail infrastructure programme. Manages GIS data exchanges with suppliers, investigates data quality issues, builds workflows and automations using ESRI ArcGIS and Safe FME, and delivers training on GIS standards. Sits in a Digital Engineering team working to BIM ISO 19650 standards.

ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise · ArcGIS Online · ArcGIS Portal +4

• London
• Contract

Builds agentic workflows and internal tools using Anthropic Claude, OpenAI and MCP servers to automate static and video ad production for a design studio scaling paid media across EMEA. Involves architecting API integrations, context and prompt frameworks, automated QA/QC and reporting, working closely with creative strategists and designers.

Anthropic Claude · OpenAI · Model Context Protocol +6

• London
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £98,500 pa
• Senior
• Contract

Technical architect role within a dedicated design team, building automated and agentic production pipelines that scale paid media creative across EMEA. Involves designing agentic workflows with Anthropic Claude and OpenAI APIs, architecting MCP servers, and building agents that read design systems and output production-ready static and video assets.

Anthropic Claude · OpenAI · Model Context Protocol +5

• London
• Remote
• £75,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior

Own the design and build of scalable data pipelines and data products in Databricks using PySpark, Spark SQL and Delta Lake, plus ETL/ELT processes drawing on CRM, financial and subscription data. Shape enterprise data architecture, embed governance and quality controls, and mentor a junior engineer in a small, high-impact team near the start of its DataOps journey.

Databricks · PySpark · Spark SQL +4

• Slough
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £330 – £360 pd
• Junior
• Contract

Hands-on role building, validating and optimising basic models and data pipelines across the data science lifecycle, from exploratory analysis to cloud-based automation of decision-making. Works within a data science team in the telecoms sector, using SQL, Python, scikit-learn and PySpark to improve customer experience, stock management, marketing effectiveness and churn reduction.

scikit-learn · PySpark

• Hexham
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design, build and optimise data pipelines integrating internal and external sources, and develop and maintain cloud-based data platforms. Work with SQL, Python and Databricks in a collaborative technology and analytics team supporting a financial services environment, monitoring data quality and troubleshooting pipeline issues.

Databricks

• Newcastle upon Tyne
• £70,000 – £100,000 pa
• Mid-level

Designs, builds and optimises data pipelines integrating internal and external sources, and develops and maintains cloud-based data platforms. Works with SQL, Python and Databricks to improve data quality, reliability and availability, troubleshooting pipeline issues alongside engineers, analysts and business stakeholders in a financial services analytics team.

Databricks

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• £40,000 – £45,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Builds and develops a central data platform supporting reporting, analytics and emerging AI use cases. Covers the full data lifecycle: ingesting from internal and external sources and APIs, ETL/ELT transformation, data modelling and database design, plus Power BI dashboards. Works in a Microsoft Fabric/Azure stack with SQL, Python and Git in a collaborative team.

Microsoft Fabric · Azure · Power BI +6

• Sunderland
• £55,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior

Builds and maintains ETL/ELT pipelines, integrating data from multiple systems and external providers into an Azure-based data estate. Develops scalable data models and improves monitoring, testing and platform performance while supporting data quality and governance. Works with data engineers, BI specialists and business stakeholders to deliver trusted reporting datasets.

Azure Data Factory · Databricks · Azure Synapse Analytics +3

• Cambridge
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £500 – £600 pd
• Lead
• Contract

Hands-on technical lead for an established Microsoft Fabric data engineering environment, providing day-to-day direction and oversight of pipelines, Lakehouse solutions and transformations. The focus is on troubleshooting, improving data quality and governance, strengthening development and deployment standards, and reviewing work from internal and offshore engineers. Hybrid role with three days per week onsite in Cambridge.

Microsoft Fabric · Power BI

• London
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £650 – £750 pd
• Mid-level
• Contract

Lead the migration of log sources from Splunk ingestion to Cribl Stream/Edge, designing load-balanced, fault-tolerant pipelines for high ingest volumes. Onboard and tune security log sources for SOC and IR teams, build Splunk and Cribl configs, and monitor pipeline health while reporting on ingest reduction and cost savings.

Splunk · Cribl Stream · Cribl Edge +7

• Bristol
• Remote
• £80,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Owns the design and build of scalable data pipelines and data products on Databricks using PySpark, Spark SQL and Delta Lake, plus ETL/ELT optimisation and enterprise data architecture. Partners with Finance, Product, Sales, Marketing and Engineering stakeholders, embeds data quality and governance, and mentors a junior engineer in a small, high-impact team.

Databricks · PySpark · Spark SQL +3

• 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