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Data Engineer | Manchester (3 days per week in the office) | up to £60k + benefits
Azure | Microsoft Fabric | Data Platform
We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join a growing data platform team, building the pipelines and integrations that power analytics and operational systems across the business.
You’ll work in a modern Azure environment centred on Microsoft Fabric and medallion architecture, partnering closely with data analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, governed data products.
What you’ll be doing
*Designing and maintaining scalable ELT/ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric pipelines
*Implementing medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) across the data platform
*Building reliable ingestion from APIs, databases, flat files, and event streams
*Supporting master data management, data quality rules, and golden record definition
*Working hands-on with ADLS, Azure SQL, Event Hubs, Delta Lake, and OneLake
*Designing integration patterns and REST APIs to support near real-time data flows
*Contributing to infrastructure-as-code and environment provisioning in Azure
What you’ll bring
*Solid hands-on data engineering experience - pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data modelling
*Strong Azure Data Factory experience
*Experience with, or strong interest in, Microsoft Fabric (lakehouse and pipeline capabilities)
*Practical understanding of medallion architecture
*Strong Python and/or SQL skills for transformation, automation, and quality checks
*API integration experience and solid grasp of integration design patterns
*Good working knowledge of Azure services: ADLS, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Event Hubs
Nice to have
*Fabric Lakehouses, Warehouses, and Data Pipelines experience
*Exposure to streaming/event-driven patterns (Event Hubs, Kafka)
*CI/CD and version control experience (Git, Azure DevOps)
*Data governance / Microsoft Purview knowledge
*Background in a high-volume operational or analytical environment