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Senior Data Engineer

Job Posted: 8 days ago

Salary: £ 55,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Cardiff

Expire in: 19 days

Job Description

IntaPeople are hiring for a mid-senior level Data Engineer to join a growing digital engineering team working on modern technology platforms. You’ll work alongside an established BI &Data to play a role in an active phase of platform modernisation. The successful candidate will join a small, collaborative team of data engineers and analysts delivering work across the full data lifecycle, from extraction and transformation through to data modelling and reporting. 

This role sits at the heart of a growing data engineering capability in Cardiff. You’ll be actively involved in delivering high‑quality data solutions, while acting as a trusted reference point for best practice across the team. From shaping and delivering ETL workflows to collaborating directly with stakeholders, your work will help ensure data platforms evolve in line with the organisation’s expanding requirements.

You will be working primarily within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including Azure SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, and Azure DevOps. 

Required Skills

Strong Python experience for data engineering 
	
Strong experience working with SQL Server 
	
Strong experience working with Azure Data Factory and Azure DevOps
	
Hands-on experience with data lake platforms, Azure Synapse, Databricks, or equivalent experience/skills
	
Experience with tooling’s such as CI/CD pipelines and version control.
	
The ability to lead feature specifications and working closely with key business stakeholders
	
Adopting an AI-first approach to development and being inquisitive to it’s benefits and features

Key Responsibilities

Reporting into the Director of Data Engineering and working closely with other Data Engineers and Analysts within the business
	
You will be responsible for the Design, build, and maintenance of Python-based ETL pipelines 
	
Accounting and leading the SQL development 
	
Data lake development within Azure Synapse, working to the organisations architecture standards 
	
Meeting with business stakeholders to define requirements and translate them into solution designs
	
Keeping stakeholders informed on the status of data initiatives
	
Producing technical documentation: solution designs, data dictionaries, and engineering runbooks
	
Reviewing and guiding the work of less experienced members of the team
	
Contributing to solution design discussions and architecture decisions

Role overview

Senior Data Engineer 
	
Starting Salary of £55,000 - £60,000
	
Annual bonus scheme between 10%-20% 
	
25 days holiday allowance (which increases with service)
	
Central Cardiff office location
	
True Flexible working hours
	
Hybrid working setup – expectations are typically 2-3 days per week
	
Private Medical care 
	
Company wide trips 
	
Group Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness cover 
	
Matched pension contribution
	
Cycle to work scheme

If you're an experienced Data Engineer looking to make an impact in a modern, forward-thinking team, this is a great opportunity.

Please not we do not have the ability to provide sponsorship and candidates must only apply who have the ability to work without restriction within the UK.

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