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Posted 30 July, 2026

Data Engineer

Oliver James
Manchester, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

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Data Engineer | Manchester (3 days per week in the office) | up to £60k + benefitsAzure | Microsoft Fabric | Data Platform

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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.

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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.

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What you'll be doing

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  • Designing and maintaining scalable ELT/ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric pipelines
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  • Implementing medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) across the data platform
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  • Building reliable ingestion from APIs, databases, flat files, and event streams
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  • Supporting master data management, data quality rules, and golden record definition
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  • Working hands-on with ADLS, Azure SQL, Event Hubs, Delta Lake, and OneLake
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  • Designing integration patterns and REST APIs to support near real-time data flows
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  • Contributing to infrastructure-as-code and environment provisioning in Azure
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What you'll bring

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  • Solid hands-on data engineering experience - pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data modelling
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  • Strong Azure Data Factory experience
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  • Experience with, or strong interest in, Microsoft Fabric (lakehouse and pipeline capabilities)
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  • Practical understanding of medallion architecture
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  • Strong Python and/or SQL skills for transformation, automation, and quality checks
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  • API integration experience and solid grasp of integration design patterns
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  • Good working knowledge of Azure services: ADLS, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Event Hubs
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Nice to have

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  • Fabric Lakehouses, Warehouses, and Data Pipelines experience
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  • Exposure to streaming/event-driven patterns (Event Hubs, Kafka)
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  • CI/CD and version control experience (Git, Azure DevOps)
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  • Data governance / Microsoft Purview knowledge
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  • Background in a high-volume operational or analytical environment
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