Senior Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric & Azure Data Platform)
At a glance
Senior Data Engineering role at Acuity Analytics. Ref: 26501, UK; Malta, Bulgaria, Portugal, United Kingdom · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £61,725–£100,500 across the United Kingdom.
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What you'll do
- Build and maintain data flows with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse
- Use PySpark and SQL to create ETL and ELT processes for complex datasets
- Shape lakehouse and warehouse designs, then improve their speed, reliability and data quality
- Work with data scientists, analysts and software engineers to deliver data solutions
- Set governance and security practices, review code, resolve production problems and improve platform performance
What you bring
- At least five years of commercial work as a data engineer
- Strong PySpark skills and advanced SQL capability
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks or Azure Synapse, plus cloud data platforms
- You have built pipelines with Azure Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines or Microsoft Fabric Data Factory
Who this fits
This senior engineering role suits someone who can design and operate cloud data platforms and work across engineering, analytics and data science teams. You must be based in the UK, Malta, Bulgaria or Portugal.
From the employer
Please note: for this role, you must be based in UK, Malta, Bulgaria, or Portugal.
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About Us
Ascent has recently been acquired by Acuity Analytics. This is both a significant milestone for us and a tremendous opportunity for you.
Acuity Analytics is a business with a strong global reputation, an impressive client base and ambitious growth plans. We deliver deep insights and domain-led digital transformation to high-growth and heavily regulated organisations. To our customers, we bring a partnership that provides the talent, technology and capability to enhance performance and operational efficiency.
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and optimise modern data platforms using the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. You'll develop scalable data pipelines, transform complex datasets, and help organisations unlock the value of their data through Microsoft Fabric, Databricks and Azure services.
Working within a collaborative engineering team, you'll contribute to cloud-native data solutions, ensuring performance, scalability and best practices across enterprise data platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse.
- Develop ETL/ELT solutions using PySpark and SQL.
- Build and optimise data integration solutions using Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric.
- Design scalable lakehouse and data warehouse solutions.
- Optimise data performance, reliability and quality across cloud platforms.
- Collaborate with data scientists, analysts and software engineers to deliver business solutions.
- Implement data governance, security and best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards.
- Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve platform performance.
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer (5+ years).
- Strong experience with PySpark.
- Advanced SQL skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and/or Azure Synapse Analytics.
- Experience building data pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse Pipelines or Microsoft Fabric Data Factory.
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Nice to Have
- Power BI
- Graph Database experience
- Node.js
- REST API development
- LLM / Generative AI experience
- Data Science experience
Certifications (Preferred)
The following certifications are advantageous but not essential:
- Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)
- Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700)
Why join us
People are at the Heart of our Business. By investing in people, we achieve exceptional results for our clients and create new opportunities for our teams to thrive. Check out this page for more details
If you have any questions contact our Talent Acquisition team on ta.admin@acuityanalytics.
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