Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer | Microsoft Fabric | Hybrid (One day every two weeks in London) Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 I'm working with a fast-growing international technology scale-up that is investing heavily in its data platform and analytics capabilities. They're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join a small, high-impact Data & Analytics team and help build the next generation of their enterprise data platform. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands-on while also having the opportunity to influence data architecture, engineering standards and platform modernisation. What you'll be doing:

• Design and build scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2, notebooks, Delta and T-SQL.
• Help lead the phased migration and modernisation of Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory workloads onto Microsoft Fabric.
• Integrate data from web and SaaS platforms across multiple business functions.
• Build reusable ingestion and transformation patterns, incremental loading, CDC and reconciliation processes.
• Own and evolve the Kimball dimensional model / gold layer, creating a strong foundation for analytics and reporting.
• Establish Git-based CI/CD, data quality checks, lineage, security and monitoring across Fabric and Azure.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and analysts to translate business requirements into robust engineering solutions. What they're looking for:
• 8+ years' hands-on Data Engineering / Data Warehousing experience, including senior or lead-level responsibility.
• Strong production experience with Microsoft Fabric, ideally with at least one end-to-end implementation, modernisation or migration you can talk through in detail.
• Deep knowledge of Kimball dimensional modelling, with practical experience designing gold-layer data models for enterprise reporting.
• Strong Azure experience, particularly:
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure SQL
• Azure DevOps
• Key Vault
• Experience integrating data from web and SaaS platforms.
• Advanced T-SQL.
• Strong Python and/or PySpark experience for scalable and testable data pipelines.
• Comfortable working within a small team and translating business questions into technical solutions. Nice to have:
• Microsoft Fabric certifications such as DP-700 or DP-600, or relevant Azure certifications.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview.
• Fabric administration and capacity management.
• OneLake shortcuts and mirroring.
• Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell or Azure/Fabric APIs.
• Experience building internal analytics/data platforms within a high-growth SaaS or technology business. What's on offer:
• Salary: £70,000 - £90,000
• One day on-site every two weeks in London
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Private medical insurance
• Critical illness and life insurance
• Strong employer pension contribution
• Professional development and opportunities for sponsored certifications
• Opportunity to have genuine influence over the evolution of a growing data platform If you're an experienced Data Engineer with strong Microsoft Fabric and Azure experience, I'd be keen to speak with you.