Data and Development Engineer

Salary: £27,000 - 61,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need someone able to work with stakeholders to understand different areas of the business and capture requirements in a structured way.
• We need someone able to translate business requirements into technical requirements to inform solution design.
• We need someone competent in creating high-level design documents and low-level technical designs.
• We need a strong understanding of database architecture and the fundamentals of database management and data modelling.
• We need a good understanding of base structures and languages such as T-SQL, DAX, M Language, and Python.
• We need strong experience with the Microsoft stack, whether via Azure data services or Microsoft Fabric.
• We need someone able to demonstrate alignment with our values: Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
• We need excellent interpersonal and written communication skills, including the ability to discuss and simplify technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• We need excellent organisational skills to manage personal workload and take the lead and responsibility for projects.
• Desirable experience includes Oracle databases and Oracle SQL.
• Desirable experience includes developing reports using Power BI.
• Desirable experience includes using Git to manage version control.
• Desirable experience includes working to Agile methodology, including Kanban or sprint approaches.

Responsibilities:

• We work across the full data lifecycle, from connecting to data at source through ETL, data platform management, integrations, master data management, reporting, analytics, and AI.
• We work with APIs and other transfer mechanisms to establish data feeds from internal and external sources.
• We design and implement efficient data pipelines to pass data into our data platform.
• We design and implement database architecture for staging and storing data.
• We implement appropriate schemas and follow best practice to ensure data quality, integrity, and security.
• We design and implement ETL pipelines to transform and model data for reporting and analytics.
• We develop interactive dashboards to support self-service data and insight.
• We use models and analytics techniques, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning, to add value to data and support advanced analytics and AI agent development.
• We adopt best practice and champion the standards established by the central team.
• We provide support and guidance to the wider network of data practitioners and users across the business.
• We provide constructive challenge to our ways of working and put forward ideas for improvements and new opportunities.

Technologies:

• AI
• Azure
• DAX
• ETL
• Fabric
• Git
• Support
• Kanban
• Machine Learning
• Network
• Oracle
• Power BI
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• Cloud
• Excel
• LESS
• REST

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We are Galliford Try, and this Data & Development Engineer role sits within our Data, Analytics and Development team in our IT function in Solihull. We are one of the UKs leading construction groups, with a vision to be a people-orientated, progressive business driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and communities. We offer the opportunity to work on major UK projects within diverse, high-performing teams, supported by our Be Well programme, high-quality training, tailored career development, and flexible Agile Working. Our benefits include generous holiday entitlement, corporate discounts, Cycle to Work schemes, a comprehensive pension plan, share purchase options, private medical scheme options for salaried employees, employee assistance support, and paid membership to one recognised professional association relevant to the role. We welcome full-time, reduced-hours, and flexible working applications.

last updated 36 week of 2026