About this role
Salary: £65,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements: Commercial experience delivering and supporting production data pipelines and warehouses, with at least two years of production experience building them.Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python or another relevant programming language.Experience with modern data engineering tools such as dbt, Airflow or Spark.Experience with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery or Amazon Redshift.Solid understanding of data modelling, ETL/ELT and data quality.Knowledge of data governance, security and privacy.Confidence taking ownership and making practical technical decisions in an early-stage environment.Right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship.Desirable: experience with banking, payments, financial or regulatory datasets; streaming technologies such as Kafka and real-time data processing; regulatory reporting; analytics or machine learning use cases; or working in a regulated industry. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain batch and streaming pipelines across multiple data sources.Build warehouse or lakehouse architecture and data models to support reporting and analytics.Establish checks and processes for data accuracy, traceability and governance.Deliver reliable datasets for financial and regulatory reporting.Collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders to make data accessible and useful.Implement appropriate access controls, security and privacy practices to support GDPR and FCA requirements.Prepare the platform for future analytics, AI and machine learning applications.Evaluate tooling and contribute to decisions about the wider data architecture.Own the data platform and build reliable pipelines, establishing the foundations for a secure, scalable data environment. Technologies: AIAirflowRedshiftBigQueryCloudCTOETLSupportKafkaMachine LearningPythonSQLSecuritySnowflakeSparkdbtAWS More:
We are a growing business developing a new digital services platform with established backing, and we are building our data capability from the ground up. As our first dedicated data engineer, you will report to the CTO and have significant input into the architecture, technology choices and standards supporting reporting, analytics and future AI capabilities. The role is based in Manchester with hybrid working and offers a salary of £50,000–£75,000, generous annual leave plus bank holidays, a pension scheme, ongoing learning support, career progression opportunities and the freedom to shape a new data platform as we grow.
last updated 42 week of 2026