Senior Data Engineer – Azure

Senior Data Engineer (Azure)

2-3 days on-site - central London

up to £75k + 20% Bonus + Excellent Beneifts

Our client is a leading global Retail/FMCG brand undergoing an exciting period of rapid growth and transformation. With significant investment in data and technology, they are building a world-class data platform to power decision-making across every area of the business - from supply chain and logistics to marketing, customer sales and in-store operations.

As part of this journey, they are expanding their Data Engineering team and looking for a Senior Data Engineer (Azure) to help shape and scale the next generation of data products and pipelines.

The Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and optimising scalable data pipelines and solutions on Microsoft Azure. You'll work closely with Data Architects, Analysts, and stakeholders in the business to expand the current data platform - which already powers sales and performance dashboards - into a holistic, enterprise-wide ecosystem.

You'll bring strong technical expertise, a passion for clean, reliable data, and the ability to mentor others in modern data engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and related tools.
• Expand the existing data lake and warehouse to include new domains such as supply chain, marketing, finance, and customer data.
• Develop and optimise ETL/ELT processes to integrate data from diverse global sources (POS systems, e-commerce platforms, CRM, ERP, etc.).
• Implement data quality frameworks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure high data reliability and integrity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Data Scientists, Analysts, Architects, and Business SMEs) to deliver data products that drive insights and innovation.
• Contribute to data modelling and schema design, ensuring alignment with enterprise data architecture standards.
• Champion best practices around data governance, security, and compliance (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
• Mentor and support junior engineers, promoting a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer (6+ years), ideally within a large-scale or global organisation.
• Strong expertise in the Azure data ecosystem, including:
• Azure Data Lake / Data Lakehouse
• Azure Data Factory / Synapse Pipelines
• Databricks
• Azure SQL Database or Synapse Analytics
• Solid understanding of data warehousing principles, ETL/ELT design, and data modelling
• Experience with CI/CD
• Familiarity with data quality frameworks and data governance.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

To apply for this role please email across your CV ASAP.