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# Senior Data Engineer

- **Company:** FPSG
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Data Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Python (Programming Language), Standard Sql, Management of Software Versions, Azure Data Factory, Data Layers, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2858100573-senior-data-engineer

## About the Role

Essential skills will include:

 * Hands-on experience building and running Databricks Pipeline/Job structure in a production
 * Strong data modelling ability, able to look at raw source data and design sensible, well-structured silver/gold tables
 * Strong understanding of medallion (bronze/silver/gold) design patterns, and data architecture right at table level
 * Solid Delta Lake knowledge, deletion vectors, time travel, optimization, compatibility considerations
 * Experience with Databricks Asset Bundles or equivalent deployment/CI practices for data pipelines
 * Practical experience building environment-variable/parameter-driven Azure Data Factory pipelines
 * Proven experience of managing large data architectures
 * Strong SQL, and comfort in at least one of Python/Scala for pipeline logic

You will be the technical expert for the data solution, to work alongside the engineering lead to manage the data aspects of the digital solution.

## Description

Exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer to own the maintenance, expansion, and performance of Databricks-based data platform. This is a hands-on role, you'll be writing pipeline code, building jobs, and modelling as the main part of your day to day.

Role Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include:

 * Designing, building, and operating Databricks Pipelines and Jobs
 * Designing and building Delta Lake pipelines
 * Owning Databricks deployment bundles, packaging, versioning, and promoting pipeline code and job definitions
 * Building and maintaining environment-variable-driven Azure Data Factory pipelines
 * Building the data layer that feeds Microsoft Fabric/OneLake


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