Data Engineer

The group’s data sits across companies, sites and systems that largely run independently, ours included. We are building Nexus, a consolidated data warehouse that will be the single reliable source for Commercial, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing and every other function across the group. This is a build role with real ownership from day one and a clear path to broader responsibility. You will report to the group’s Global Director of Strategy & Corporate Development.

What you’ll do

• Lead the creation of production-grade, documented and stable data infrastructure.
• Build and maintain pipelines that bring data in cleanly from ERP, CRM and shop floor systems, and keep it flowing as sources change.
• Own the reporting layer: shape raw data into usable models and reporting that ties the numbers to how the group’s companies operate.
• Take over development and day-to-day maintenance of the system, working alongside current technical leadership.
• Turn requirements from the group CEO and leadership team into working code.

Our stack

Fivetran lands ERP data into Databricks on Azure, where a medallion model (bronze, silver, gold) governed by Unity Catalog is built in SQL and Python and deployed from GitHub. The gold layer is mirrored nightly into Azure PostgreSQL and served through an Entra-gated web portal.

• A bachelor’s degree
• Experience building or substantially contributing to production data pipelines or a data warehouse
• Experience shaping raw data into models and reporting that business users rely on
• Experience maintaining a live data system: monitoring, fixing breaks and handling source changes
• A track record of translating business requirements into working technical solutions
• Strong SQL and Python
• Hands-on Databricks experience
• Dimensional modeling and ELT pipeline design
• CI/CD, Git and GitHub branching workflows
• AI-native development using tools such as Codex or Claude Code

Nice to have

• A degree in computer science, data science, engineering, maths or a related field
• Databricks or Microsoft data engineering certification
• Experience owning a data platform end to end
• ERP, CRM or shop floor data experience
• Manufacturing, life science or multi-site business experience
• Finance and accounting literacy
• Fivetran, Azure PostgreSQL or Entra ID experience

Who thrives here

Disposition matters more than background. You’ll do well here if you have:

• An ownership instinct. You treat the system as yours, including the unglamorous maintenance that keeps it trustworthy.
• Comfort with ambiguity. You make progress before every requirement is defined and ask the right questions as you go.
• A bias toward solutions that work. You take an 80/20 approach, then refine and harden where needed.
• Clear communication. You explain data to non-technical colleagues, from the CEO to site teams, and document your work so others can rely on it.

You may have come from data or analytics engineering, software engineering, or a technical analyst role where you’ve outgrown spreadsheets and BI tools.

Location and travel

Ideally based at our site in Okehampton, Devon (UK), or at another group site in Stevensville, Michigan (US) or Strathaven (Scotland). Remote working in the U.S., UK or Ireland is also open. Occasional domestic and international travel, under 10% of the time. You must have the right to work in the country of employment., * This role involves business travel for up to 10% of working time, both domestically and internationally (including the UK, US and Ireland). Do you hold a valid passport, or are you willing to obtain one?

• Are you aware of anything that could prevent you from obtaining a visa or entering another country for business travel?
• Do you currently have the legal right to work in at least one of the following countries: the UK, US or Ireland?
• Do you hold a completed bachelor’s degree?
• As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to complete a cognitive ability test. Are you willing to take this test?

Salary: £38,000 to £59,000, depending on experience

Build and own the data warehouse that our $100M+ group of life science manufacturers will run on, from the CEO to the shop floor., * Company pension

• Cycle to work scheme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Elemental Microanalysis is a leading manufacturer of consumables for elemental analysers. From our purpose-built, ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 accredited facility in Okehampton, Devon, we supply thousands of products, from tin and silver capsules to reagents, quartzware, crucibles and reference materials, to laboratories worldwide, and have done since 1976.

We are part of a wider group of 13 scientific consumables businesses across the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland, with combined revenues of more than $100 million. Backed by a long-term investment partner, the group is building the shared systems, processes and technology for its next stage of growth., Our hiring panel works across the U.S., UK and Ireland and includes a representative of the group’s long-term investment partner. By applying, you acknowledge that Elemental Microanalysis, its sister companies in the group and the group’s investment partner will share and review your application in those countries, including the United States.