Data Engineer

We're hiring a hands‑on Data Engineer to join a high‑profile data modernisation programme at one of the UK's most recognisable retail brands. This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to help build a modern data platform from the ground up, working with best‑in‑class tooling at pace and scale.

You’ll be joining a data modernisation initiative — replatforming a legacy data and reporting estate onto a modern cloud stack (Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Azure), retiring legacy MSSQL warehouses, and delivering across multiple international markets. Fast‑paced, high‑visibility, and high‑impact.

Working as part of a collaborative engineering team and reporting to a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll be hands‑on in the day‑to‑day build of pipelines and data products that power analytics and reporting across the business.

• Building and maintaining pipelines in Snowflake, dbt and Fivetran, ingesting from SaaS source systems including Workday, Oracle Symphony and Net Suite
• Writing clean, well‑tested SQL, Python and dbt code
• Building dbt tests and data quality checks
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and peer code reviews
• Participating in Agile ceremonies and on‑call rota once onboarded
• Documenting pipelines, datasets and design decisions clearly

• 2+ years’ commercial experience as a Data Engineer or Analytics Engineer
• Strong SQL — able to write, debug and optimise non‑trivial queries
• Hands‑on experience with a modern cloud data warehouse (Snowflake strongly preferred)
• Hands‑on dbt experience (Core or Cloud) — not just exposure
• Proficient in Python for data transformation and scripting
• Comfortable with Git and Agile delivery
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship

• Fivetran or another managed ELT tool
• MSSQL / T‑SQL experience, particularly migrating legacy stored procedures
• Knowledge of dimensional, semantic or medallion architecture

• Up to £68,000 base salary
• Hybrid — 3 days per week in Manchester (Piccadilly)
• Retail perks and bonus scheme
• Genuine career‑shaping experience on a high‑profile programme with senior mentorship