Sellick Partnership
Data Engineer
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Data Engineer
Location: Bolton - flexible/ remote working options
Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
We're working with a growing, technology-driven organisation looking to appoint an experienced Data Engineer to lead the build of a brand-new cloud-based data warehouse from the ground up.
This is a genuine greenfield opportunity, offering the chance to design and deliver a modern data platform that will underpin the company's future reporting and analytics capabilities. You'll play a key role in shaping the architecture, technology choices and engineering best practices from day one.
The Role
As a Data Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building and maintaining a scalable cloud data platform that integrates data from multiple business systems into a trusted, high-quality source for reporting and analytics.
Working closely with technical teams and business stakeholders, you'll help deliver robust data pipelines, improve data quality and governance, and support the organisation's long-term data strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of a greenfield cloud data warehouse
- Build and maintain a modern cloud-based data platform using Azure or AWS
- Develop and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines to integrate data from multiple operational systems
- Create scalable, reliable and high-performing data solutions for reporting and analytics
- Improve data quality, governance and architecture across the business
- Evaluate existing data infrastructure, identifying opportunities for optimisation and modernisation
- Support reporting teams by delivering clean, trusted datasets
- Collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders to understand data requirements
- Produce clear technical documentation and follow engineering best practices
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About You
You'll be an experienced Data Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and building scalable data solutions.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience delivering a greenfield cloud data warehouse project from the ground up
- Considerable experience in Data Engineering or a similar role
- Strong SQL skills and query optimisation experience
- Experience building cloud-based data platforms in Azure or AWS
- Strong understanding of ETL/ELT processes and modern data warehousing principles
- Data modelling and data governance experience
- Experience with Power BI or other BI/reporting tools
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Desirable
- Microsoft Fabric experience (highly desirable but not essential)
- Azure Data Factory, Synapse or Databricks
- Experience with ERP or eCommerce data
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- DevOps or CI/CD experience
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What's on Offer
- Salary of £60,000–£70,000
- Annual bonus
- Hybrid working (2 days per week onsite in Bolton)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- The opportunity to own and deliver a greenfield data warehouse project
- Significant influence over the architecture and future direction of the data platform
- Excellent career development within a growing business
If you're a Data Engineer with experience building a greenfield data warehouse and want the opportunity to shape a modern cloud data platform from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you.
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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