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# Senior Data Engineer

- **Company:** Michael Page
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £58,000.0 - £63,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Python (Programming Language), Software Tools, Standard Sql, Snowflake, Data Management, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.michaelpage.co.uk/job-detail/senior-data-engineer/ref/jn-072026-7069816

## About the Role

* Strong technical skills in data engineering tools and frameworks.
 * Experience working with large-scale data systems and pipelines.
 * Knowledge of data governance and best practices in data quality.
 * Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
 * A proactive and solutions-focused approach to problem-solving.
 * Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Technical Skills:

 * SQL
 * Snowflake
 * Python

Desirable

 * DBT
 * Airbyte

## Description

As a Senior Data Engineer in Manchester within the leisure, travel and tourism industry, you'll play a key role in managing and optimising data pipelines to support analytics and decision-making. This is a hands-on role where your expertise will help ensure the business runs smoothly by maintaining high data quality and performance.

 * Great time to join,
 * Great opportunity for career development & progression, The successful Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for but not limited to:
 * Developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines and systems to support analytics needs.
 * Collaborate with analytics teams to ensure data accessibility and usability.
 * Optimise data workflows and troubleshoot any data-related issues.
 * Ensure data quality and implement best practices for data governance.
 * Work with various data sources and integrate them into a centralised platform.
 * Provide technical expertise and mentoring to junior team members.
 * Document processes and maintain up-to-date records of data architecture.
 * Support the organisation in leveraging data for strategic decisions.


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