BI & Data Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-29
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Software Development
Data Engineering
Location:
Berkshire | Hybrid – Flexible office attendance 1-2 days per month
: J13180
A financial services business is looking for a Staff BI & Data Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog and Power BI, and an understanding of how data informs commercial and operational decisions.
You’ll take ownership from source through to reporting, developing reliable pipelines, well-structured data models and Power BI insights that give stakeholders confidence in their decisions.
This role suits someone who investigates problems independently, weighs up the options and takes responsibility for delivering practical solutions. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, maintain accurate and useful reporting, and strengthen engineering practices while supporting colleagues.
What you’ll do
- Build and optimise pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, SQL, ADF and ADLS Gen
2. - Develop governed lakehouse solutions using Delta Lake, medallion architecture and Unity Catalog.
- Own Power BI semantic models, DAX measures and row-level security, ensuring reporting is accurate, secure and performant.
- Translate marketing and contact-centre requirements into clearly defined metrics and actionable reporting.
- Modernise legacy processes and improve reliability, data quality and maintainability.
- Work with senior stakeholders to clarify requirements, explain trade-offs and recommend solutions.
- Strengthen engineering practices through testing, documentation, Git and CI/CD.
- Mentor colleagues and share good practice across the team.
What you’ll bring
- Strong production experience with Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
- Hands-on Power BI expertise, including data modelling, DAX, RLS and performance optimisation.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with Azure data services.
- Experience supporting contact-centre operations and/or performance marketing.
- Confidence defining and validating measures such as lead conversion, acquisition costs, attribution, agent performance or service levels.
- A track record of independently owning delivery, resolving complex problems and introducing improvements.
- Clear communication and the confidence to constructively challenge requirements and existing approaches.
- Experience of Microsoft Fabric would also be useful.
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