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Data Engineer

Summary

Senior Data Engineer builds and maintains ETL pipelines, data lakes, and cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS, using Databricks and Azure Data Factory with Python or similar.

Salary: £90,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Senior-level data engineering experience
  • Expert SQL knowledge
  • Extensive experience with Microsoft SQL Server
  • Strong experience with Databricks
  • Experience building ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory or similar tools
  • Hands-on experience working across both Azure and AWS
  • Programming knowledge using Python, Java, C# or a similar language
  • Strong understanding of data architecture, data lakes and pipeline development
  • Confident communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience working with financial systems or FP&A teams would be advantageous
Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines
  • Build data architecture that brings together multiple business systems
  • Develop and support a Microsoft-based enterprise data lake
  • Design and maintain MS SQL databases and related data systems
  • Build ETL and data transformation solutions using Databricks and Azure Data Factory
  • Develop cloud-based data solutions across Azure and AWS
  • Ensure the quality, integrity and reliability of complex datasets
  • Work closely with FP&A, technology teams and senior business stakeholders
  • Collaborate with developers, infrastructure engineers and reporting specialists
  • Troubleshoot complex data and pipeline issues
  • Work four days per week based in our Newcastle office, with one day working from home
Technologies:
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • C#
  • Cloud
  • Databricks
  • ETL
  • Support
  • Java
  • Python
  • SQL

More:

We are a major national organisation investing significantly in data, reporting and technology. This is a newly influential senior Data Engineer role based in Newcastle upon Tyne, offering a salary of £90,000 to £100,000 plus hybrid working and excellent company benefits. You will report to our Group IT Director and play a leading part in shaping the architecture, engineering standards and future direction of our enterprise data platform, working closely with senior stakeholders across technology and finance.

last updated 32 week of 2026

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