Data Engineer

Ignite Digital; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services company is seeking a Data Engineer to build Power BI reporting solutions and support the Azure data platform. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for mid-level engineers to enhance their skills in Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and SQL. The position is on-site for only 12 days per month with excellent benefits, including private medical insurance. If you have experience in financial services and data engineering, this role could be your next career step.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance (optical & dental)

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards, and data models.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure Data Factory ETL pipelines.
• Good SQL skills for analytics and optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports, and data models.
• Develop and maintain Azure Data Factory ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Support early adoption and migration to Microsoft Fabric.

Skills

Power BI development

Azure Data Factory

SQL

Azure Synapse Analytics

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Salary: £50,000–£55,000 + excellent benefits

Location: Birmingham or London (12 days per month in office)

Employment: Full time

A leading and growing UK financial services company is seeking a Data Engineer to build Power BI reporting solutions and support the development of its Azure data platform.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mid-level engineer looking to deepen their Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and SQL experience while contributing to enterprise-wide MI and analytics.

The Role

You will:

• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports, and data models using DAX and Power Query (key focus).
• Develop and maintain Azure Data Factory ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Work with Azure Synapse Analytics on modelling, optimisation, and BI-ready datasets.
• Support early adoption and migration to Microsoft Fabric.
• Write and optimise SQL queries for reporting, analysis, and data preparation.
• Collaborate with analysts, senior engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Contribute to data quality, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Operate within Agile delivery using Azure DevOps and Git.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards, and data models.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure Data Factory ETL pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Azure Synapse modelling and performance tuning.
• Good SQL skills for analytics and optimisation.
• Understanding of Azure Data Lake structures.
• Experience using Git and Azure DevOps in Agile teams.
• 24 years experience in a Data Engineering or BI Development role.
• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience in cloud-based BI/MI environments.
• Experience working in financial services or another regulated industry.

Why Apply?

• High-impact role combining data engineering and BI development.
• Fast-growing financial services environment with strong investment in data.
• Career progression within a modern Azure data ecosystem.
• Only 12 days per month required in the office.
• Private Medical Insurance (optical & dental)