(MS Fabric focus) - Warrington (hybrid)

We’re working with a well-established business that’s investing heavily in its data and AI capability and is now looking for a Senior Data & Machine Learning Engineer to play a key role in shaping their modern data platform.

This is a senior, hands-on role where you’ll take ownership of a Fabric-centric data estate, lead technical decisions, and work closely with BI teams, data scientists and senior stakeholders. They’re looking for someone who enjoys building scalable data platforms, mentoring others, and turning complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.

What’s in it for you?

Hybrid working from their Warrington office

Salary up to £65K + 10% bonus

20 days annual leave + BH – increases with service

Pension

Enhanced sick pay

Buy and sell holidays

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work

Long service awards

Work with modern tech including Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI and ML tooling

Key skills

Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Lakehouse, OneLake, Pipelines, SQL Warehouse)

Solid data engineering background using SQL, Python, PySpark, Delta Lake

E xperience building and optimising end-to-end data pipelines

CI/CD experience for analytics and data platforms (Azure DevOps or GitHub)

Exposure to AI/ML platforms such as Azure AI, Azure ML or Azure OpenAI

Strong knowledge of Power BI and/or Qlik at enterprise scale

Confident communicator, comfortable working with senior stakeholders

Previous experience mentoring data engineers

Day to day

Owning and developing the organisation’s Microsoft Fabric data platform

Designing and building scalable, reliable data pipelines and architectures

Leading the move from legacy and hybrid platforms to a modern Fabric setup

Supporting BI teams with semantic models, datasets and performance optimisation

Enabling ML and MLOps workflows, from feature engineering to deployment

Working closely with data scientists, analysts, IT and the wider business

Embedding data quality, governance and best-practice standards

Providing technical leadership and coaching to other engineers

If this sounds like your next move, apply now or email

*Please note this role cannot offer sponsorship and isn’t suitable for those on graduate or short term visas*

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