Senior Data Engineer

Are you a Senior Data Engineer looking for the chance to shape a brand-new Microsoft Fabric environment rather than simply maintain an existing one?

This Housing Association is at the beginning of an exciting data transformation journey and is investing significantly in modernising its data estate. With Microsoft Fabric at the heart of the strategy, they're now looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help design and build the platform that will support data-driven decision making across the organisation.

This isn't a role where you'll inherit a mature platform and spend your days making incremental changes. Instead, you'll play a leading role in creating the foundations, engineering standards, and technical capabilities that will define the future of data within the business.

As Senior Data Engineer, you'll take architectural direction and turn it into robust, scalable engineering solutions, while remaining hands‑on throughout the build.

In this role, you'll be:

Designing, developing and optimising data pipelines and integrationsHelping to build and evolve a new Microsoft Fabric platformCreating lakehouse structures and implementing modern data architecture principlesChampioning best practice around CI/CD, testing, automation and deploymentSupporting the migration from legacy solutions into a cloud-first environmentWorking closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutionsCoaching and supporting other engineers within the teamActing as the technical lead for complex engineering challenges

This is a genuine opportunity to influence how data engineering is approached across the organisation. You'll have a voice in technical decisions, platform design, tooling choices, and engineering standards from the outset.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, building things properly, and leaving a lasting impact, this role offers plenty of scope to grow and progress.

We'd love to speak with you if you have:

Experience working with modern Microsoft data technologies (Microsoft Fabric experience would be ideal, although Azure experience is highly transferable)Proven experience designing and building ETL/ELT data pipelinesStrong SQL skills alongside experience with PySpark or similar technologiesAn understanding of modern data architectures, including lakehouse and medallion patternsExperience working with CI/CD pipelines and Azure DevOpsA solid grasp of data modelling, data quality, and governance principles

The salary for this role is £60,000 and you will need to be able to work in a hybrid way with one day a week at the offices near Newcastle.

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