Robert Half
Data Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year
Requirements:- We are looking for a Data Engineer with 3-5 years of commercial experience in data engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake is essential.
- Experience working within an SME environment is required.
- Experience in the fashion, sportswear, retail, ecommerce, or consumer goods sector is highly advantageous.
- Strong SQL development and database optimisation skills are required.
- Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as dbt, Fivetran, Matillion, Azure Data Factory, or Airflow.
- Experience working with Azure cloud technologies.
- Familiarity with Python or Scala for data processing and automation.
- Experience with BI and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
- Understanding of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modelling, and modern data architecture.
- Experience integrating APIs and third-party SaaS platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with technical and business teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with excellent attention to detail.
- We are also open to strong Junior Data Engineers with relevant Snowflake exposure and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
- We will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes within a modern cloud data environment.
- We will develop and optimise data solutions using Snowflake to support analytics, reporting, and business intelligence needs.
- We will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, analysts, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality data solutions across ecommerce, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, and customer data.
- We will engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and translate business needs into scalable data solutions.
- We will integrate data from multiple sources including ERP, CRM, ecommerce, marketing, and third-party platforms.
- We will ensure data quality, governance, security, and integrity across our data estate.
- We will build and maintain data models to support reporting and self-service analytics.
- We will optimise Snowflake performance, warehouse usage, and cost efficiency.
- We will support and improve our Azure cloud-based data infrastructure and orchestration processes.
- We will troubleshoot and resolve issues relating to data pipelines and platform performance.
- We will contribute to best practices around CI/CD, automation, testing, and documentation within our data engineering function.
- We will work within an agile environment, supporting ongoing transformation and data modernisation initiatives.
- Airflow
- Azure
- Business Intelligence
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- CRM
- ETL
- ERP
- Fivetran
- Support
- Looker
- Marketing
- Power BI
- Python
- SQL
- Scala
- Security
- Snowflake
- Tableau
- dbt
- LESS
More:
We are a rapidly growing sports fashion and ecommerce brand headquartered in London. We are an ambitious SME business going through a significant phase of growth and expansion, with ongoing investment in data and technology. Our environment is collaborative and entrepreneurial, and the role offers the opportunity to help shape and optimise a modern cloud-based data platform. The position is offered on an initial 6-month contract with an ASAP start, and we operate a hybrid working model from our London-based offices.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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This salary is 35% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
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