Senior Data Engineer

Salary: £85,000 - £95,000 + discretionary stretch bonus of up to 35%

I'm working with an established, commercially successful business that's investing in a significant modernisation of its data platform, moving from Azure Synapse to Microsoft Fabric.

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer who wants to take genuine ownership of a data platform, influence its future direction and play a key role in building a more scalable, governed and modern data environment.

The business already has a well-established Azure data estate, so this isn't about starting from scratch. The challenge is to evolve what's there, introduce stronger engineering practices and help deliver a successful migration to Microsoft Fabric without disrupting existing business-critical data services.

• Taking ownership of existing Azure data pipelines and supporting the migration from Synapse to Microsoft Fabric.
• Working closely with an incoming Platform Architect to establish engineering best practices, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and robust development environments.
• Improving data governance, quality, monitoring and the overall reliability of the platform.
• Balancing ongoing data engineering and operational responsibilities with a major platform transformation.
• Helping shape the technical direction of the data platform, with opportunities to support and mentor additional engineers as the team grows.

• Strong hands-on data engineering experience across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, particularly Azure Synapse, ADF and SQL.
• Commercial exposure to Microsoft Fabric. You don't need to have spent years working exclusively with it.
• Experience delivering data platform migrations, ideally including parallel running, testing and validation.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep).
• A collaborative, pragmatic engineer who enjoys solving problems, taking ownership and working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You'll be joining at a pivotal point in the business's data journey, with the chance to take long-term ownership of the platform and work alongside experienced specialists to establish modern engineering standards.

It's a role offering a genuine mix of hands-on delivery, technical influence and longer-term platform development.

If you're a strong Azure Data Engineer who's been building experience with Microsoft Fabric and wants an opportunity with real ownership and influence, I'd be keen to have a conversation.

Drop me a message or get in touch to find out more.