Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Location: Durham Type: Permanent

Overview

We're partnering with a growing, data-driven organisation that is investing heavily in its technology and analytics capabilities. As part of this journey, they are building out a modern Business Intelligence function to improve reporting accuracy, governance, and insight delivery across the business.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Data Engineer who wants to move beyond dashboarding and play a key role in shaping a scalable, enterprise-grade BI environment.

The Role

You'll join a newly established BI team with a strong mandate to transform how data is modelled, governed, and consumed. Working across both data modelling and reporting layers, you'll help build robust data foundations that support executive decision-making.

This role combines data engineering, data modelling, and reporting delivery - ideal for someone who enjoys working end-to-end within the BI lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable data transformations using modern cloud technologies

• Design, build and optimise scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform and load data from multiple source systems into a centralised data platform

• Build and maintain performant star-schema data models aligned to business definitions
• Develop and enhance dashboards and certified data sources for business stakeholders
• Support governance initiatives including data definitions, documentation, and lineage
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver high-quality insights

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a BI / Data role
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets
• Hands-on experience with Python and Spark
• Experience designing dimensional models
• Experience with BI tools, Tableau or Power BI
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to shape a growing BI function from the ground up
• Exposure to modern data technologies and cloud platforms
• Strong focus on professional development and certifications
• Flexible hybrid working
• Comprehensive benefits package