Data Engineer - Fabric

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Extensive practical experience using Microsoft Fabric in an enterprise environment, including Fabric Pipelines, Lakehouses, Dataflows, Notebooks and SQL Endpoints.
• Proven experience as a Data Engineer within a cloud-based data environment.
• Strong SQL and Python skills, with experience developing scalable data engineering solutions.
• Experience designing and building ETL/ELT pipelines and integrating data from multiple enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of Lakehouse architecture and modern data modelling techniques.
• Experience developing analytics-ready datasets, semantic models and solutions to support Power BI reporting.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality and engineering best practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work across technical and business teams.
• Desirable: experience preparing data for AI, machine learning or advanced analytics use cases.
• Desirable: experience working within a regulated industry.
• Desirable: exposure to learning, skills, HR or competency data.
• Desirable: experience with Power Platform technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric.
• Develop and maintain Lakehouse solutions, SQL Endpoints, Pipelines, Dataflows and Notebooks within Microsoft Fabric.
• Integrate data from multiple enterprise systems into a modern data platform.
• Develop robust ELT processes and reusable transformation logic using SQL, Python, M and DAX.
• Create analytics-ready data models and semantic datasets to support Power BI reporting.
• Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, lineage and performance.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Data Consultants and technical teams to deliver reliable data solutions.
• Support the development of AI-ready datasets and advanced analytics capabilities.
• Apply data engineering best practices including testing, documentation, monitoring and continuous improvement.

Technologies:

• AI
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud
• DAX
• ETL
• Fabric
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Power BI
• Python
• SQL
• Power Query

More:

We are offering a 6-month initial contract for a Data Engineer at £500-£550 per day, inside IR35, with primarily remote working and occasional travel in the south of England. You will join our growing data team and help build a modern Microsoft Fabric data platform within a People Development function. This is an excellent opportunity to work with the latest Microsoft data technologies, delivering scalable pipelines, lakehouse solutions and analytics-ready datasets that support reporting, business intelligence and future AI initiatives. We are a forward-thinking organisation focused on shaping modern data capabilities and enabling better insight through trusted, high-quality data.

last updated 31 week of 2026