Senior Data Engineer in Birmingham
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Job Description
Senior Data Engineer - Birmingham - Hybrid - Azure - £60,000-£65,000
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I am working with a modern, forward‑thinking organisation building a high‑performing data function. They operate like a private‑sector tech team, minimal red tape, quick decision‑making, and real autonomy.
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As Senior Data Engineer, you will work across the full Azure data ecosystem, delivering clean, reliable data for analytics and BI while engaging directly with stakeholders across the organisation. This is a customer-facing role.
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You will also mentor junior engineers, support planning and contribute to continuous improvement within a fast-evolving data team.
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You will:
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- Build, maintain, and optimise Azure‑based data pipelines
- Develop ETL/ELT workflows into the silver layer powering BI
- Work with ADF (critical), SQL, Azure Blob Storage, Power BI, Git & Azure DevOps
- Engage, challenge, and collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation
- Own and lead weekly project check‑ins
- Mentor two junior data engineers (peer reviews, planning, work allocation, Scrum)
- Shape future architectural decisions and contribute to continuous delivery improvements
- Support the transition toward next‑gen tooling (Fabric, AWS, Snowflake under evaluation)
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Benefits:
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- Up to £65,000
- Strong employer pension contribution
- 30 days annual leave + additional institutional holidays
- Very flexible working culture
- Hybrid model: 1-2 days on-site
- Opportunity to influence a replatforming project
- Forward‑thinking data culture with modern engineering practices
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Key Experience
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- Strong experience as a Data Engineer, ideally at senior level
- Excellent stakeholder‑facing capability
- Azure Data Factory (must‑have)
- SQL for transformations and pipeline development
- Git & Azure DevOps (CI/CD)
- Confidence working end‑to‑end across the data lifecycle
- Ability to mentor and support junior engineers
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Power BI experience is beneficial but not essential, the team is considering Fabric, AWS, or Snowflake next year and takes a tech‑agnostic approach.
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Ready to make a real impact?
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This is a great chance to join a modern, growing data team where you will have ownership, influence, and long‑term progression.
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