Data Engineer

We are working with a leading organisational based in Manchester who is growing its in-house Data Engineering team and is looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to build the next generation of its data platform on Microsoft Fabric.

This is a chance to shape how a major professional services firm uses its financial data. You’ll work closely with Finance and senior business stakeholders, turning complex financial and operational data into trusted, well-governed solutions that people across the firm rely on.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing and building pipelines, lakehouses and warehouses in Microsoft Fabric
• Integrating the firm’s financial systems with enterprise platforms, APIs and internal services
• Building data models and reporting layers that give Finance consistent, reliable information
• Choosing the right approach for each problem, whether batch or real-time, platform capability or custom code
• Applying proper testing, source control and deployment practices to everything you build
• Explaining options and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues
• Evaluating new Fabric capabilities and recommending where they could add value

• Proven background working as a Data Engineer with experience designing and delivering enterprise data solutions end to end in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, including Data Factory, OneLake, lakehouses, warehouses and notebooks
• SQL plus Python or Spark for data transformation and integration
• Experience with source control, testing and deployment practices for data solutions
• The ability to understand business and finance processes and turn them into effective data solutions
• Previous experience working in financial or professional services organisations - Preferred
• Able to work in the Manchester office three days a week

Nice to have

• Experience with financial systems, reconciliations or financial reporting data
• Power BI, including semantic models and DAX
• Azure DevOps or other CI/CD tooling
• Microsoft Purview or other data governance tools
• Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data or Power BI certifications

Manchester - £85k - £95k per annum plus benefits package Full Time Posted by: Picture More Ltd Posted: Thursday, 5 November 2026 Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location

Want to put Microsoft Fabric to work on the financial data behind a major international professional services company?