This range is provided by WRK digital. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range
Up to £88,000 + car allowance + bonus + benefits
Why join as a Senior Data Engineer?
You’ll play a central role in a large-scale digital transformation programme designed to streamline processes, unlock data accessibility, and invest in cutting-edge platforms. Working in a FTSE 250 environment, you’ll be shaping enterprise-wide data solutions that directly influence strategy, operations, and growth.
This isn’t just about managing pipelines – it’s about designing the next generation of data platforms, solving complex business challenges, and making high-quality data the foundation of everything we do.
What you’ll be doing
- Designing and implementing scalable data solutions that meet enterprise needs.
- Translating complex business requirements into high-performing data systems.
- Supporting best practices in data governance, security and architecture.
- Building and optimising pipelines across cloud and on-premise environments.
- Collaborating with stakeholders, engineers, and analysts to deliver integrated solutions.
- Ensuring consistency across transactional and analytical data systems.
- Contributing to the development of data lakes, data warehouses, and distributed storage environments.
- Mentoring junior engineers, embedding best practice across the team.
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years’ experience in Data Engineering, with strong expertise in Azure data services and/or Microsoft Fabric.
- Proven track record designing scalable platforms and managing large cloud-based ecosystems.
- Proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL, NoSQL and frameworks such as Databricks.
- Solid experience with ETL/ELT design, orchestration and optimisation.
- Knowledge of data governance, privacy regulations, and security best practices.
- Strong experience integrating relational, NoSQL, and streaming data sources.
- Competence in CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
- Experience with modern architectures including data mesh, event-driven processing, and streaming platforms (Kafka/Event Hub).
- A passion for mentoring and embedding engineering best practice.
What you’ll get
- Up to £88,000 salary + car allowance + annual target bonus.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Pension (up to 8% matched).
- Private Medical Insurance (individual cover).
- Life insurance (4x salary).
- Company share save scheme.
- Access to professional qualifications and development opportunities.
- Employee discount and wellbeing platforms.
If you’re an experienced Senior Data Engineer looking for the chance to shape data platforms at scale, influence digital transformation, and make a tangible impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Please apply now for immediate consideration or contact Sophie Jones to discuss the next steps.
