Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Glasgow | £60,000 - £70,000 + Excellent Benefits | On-site
Ready to take ownership of a modern data platform and shape how data powers business decisions?
We're seeking a Senior Data Engineer to play a pivotal role in the ongoing development of a large-scale Azure and Databricks data estate. This is a genuinely hands-on position where you'll spend your time building pipelines, modelling data, solving complex engineering challenges, and driving best practice across the platform.
What you'll be doing
- Designing, building and optimising Databricks pipelines and jobs
- Creating scalable Delta Lake solutions using Medallion architecture
- Developing and maintaining Azure Data Factory pipelines
- Owning data models across bronze, silver and gold layers
- Driving CI/CD, deployment and release processes through Azure DevOps
- Monitoring performance, reliability and cost across critical data workloads
- Supporting the delivery of data into Microsoft Fabric and OneLake environments
What we're looking for
- Strong commercial experience with Databricks in production environments
- Excellent data modelling and architecture skills
- Expertise in Delta Lake and Medallion design principles
- Azure Data Factory experience, including parameterised and environment-driven pipelines
- Strong SQL skills plus Python and/or Scala
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and engineering solutions
Nice to have
- Microsoft Fabric and OneLake experience
- CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code exposure
- Unity Catalog knowledge
- Azure or Databricks certifications
- Experience working alongside Power BI teams
What's on offer?
- Salary up to £75,000
- Private healthcare
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- The opportunity to become the technical lead within a growing data function and have a direct impact on the future of the platform.
If you're a Senior Data Engineer who enjoys ownership, autonomy and building robust data solutions with Azure and Databricks, we'd love to hear from you.