Data Engineer

Data Engineer - Manchester (Hybrid) - Microsoft Fabric - Up to £55,000

We're partnering with a highly successful, private equity-backed organisation that is making significant investment in its data and analytics capabilities. As part of a business-wide transformation programme, they are building a modern Microsoft Fabric platform from the ground up and are looking for a Data Engineer to play a key role in shaping its future.

This is an exciting opportunity to join at the start of a greenfield data journey where Microsoft Fabric sits at the heart of the organisation's long-term data strategy. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders to design, build and optimise a scalable enterprise data platform, enabling advanced analytics, self-service reporting and data-driven decision making across the business.

If you're passionate about Microsoft's modern data ecosystem and want the opportunity to influence architecture, best practices and platform adoption, this role offers genuine ownership and career progression.

What You'll Be Doing

As part of a growing data function, you will

Design and develop scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric

Build and maintain Fabric Data Factory pipelines, Dataflow Gen2 processes, and Fabric Notebooks

Develop and optimise end-to-end ELT/ETL workflows within a Fabric Lakehouse environment

Work with OneLake, Lakehouse architecture, and modern data engineering best practices

Utilise PySpark, SQL and Databricks for complex data transformation and engineering workloads

Create robust data ingestion, orchestration and monitoring processes

Support the development of enterprise-wide analytics solutions and Power BI semantic models

Drive data quality, governance and security initiatives across the platform

Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to deliver strategic data solutions

Contribute to the future roadmap and adoption of Microsoft Fabric across the organisation

Why Join?

This is far more than a traditional Data Engineer position.

You'll be joining during a pivotal stage of the company's data transformation, giving you the opportunity to influence how Microsoft Fabric is implemented and utilised across the entire business.

You'll benefit from

Significant investment in Microsoft Fabric and modern cloud technologies

Greenfield projects with real technical ownership

Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making

A collaborative, people-first culture

Clear progression opportunities as the data team expands

Ongoing Microsoft training, certifications and professional development

Benefits

Performance bonus paid twice per year

Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) with equity participation

Monthly car allowance

27 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with service

Private medical insurance with family options

Death in service cover (4x salary)

5% employer pension contribution

Fully funded Microsoft certifications and training

Hybrid working model

What We're Looking For

Proven experience as a Data Engineer within cloud-based data environments

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including Data Factory, Dataflows, Notebooks and Lakehouse solutions

Experience building and supporting production-grade ELT/ETL pipelines

Strong skills in PySpark and SQL

Experience working with OneLake, Delta formats or modern Lakehouse architectures

Exposure to Databricks and distributed data processing environments

Understanding of data modelling, governance and optimisation principles

Experience delivering data solutions that support analytics, reporting and business intelligence

Passion for modern Microsoft data technologies and data platform innovation