Data Engineer

Inspiring Vet Care; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Cash Plan

Cycle to Work scheme

Green Cars salary sacrifice scheme

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

IVC Evidensia is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines on the Databricks platform. You will own data workflows from source systems to the group data platform, collaborating with SMEs to translate requirements into practical data products.

You will work closely with the Data Architect to shape our data management strategy and serve as a bridge between IT and business functions, contributing to a data-driven culture across a large veterinary care network.

Qualifications

• Databricks hands-on experience building and managing data workloads on the Databricks platform (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog).
• Proficiency in PySpark for data transformation and processing.
• Strong Azure ecosystem experience (Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Storage and DevOps).
• Experience with Azure SQL Server as the data warehouse foundation, across SQL Server and Databricks integrations.
• Design and maintain pipelines using REST APIs, JSON and ELT principles.
• Solid data modelling grounding across relational and non-relational technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development and maintenance of our data pipelines and Databricks data platform.
• Collaborate with business SMEs to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Work with the Data Architect to shape the overarching data management strategy.
• Interface with IT and business functions (Finance/Marketing) to ensure value delivery.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

Azure

Azure SQL Server

ELT & pipeline development

Data modelling

Power BI

Agile

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure DevOps

REST APIs

JSON

Job description

About Us

IVC Evidensia is the UK and Europe’s leading veterinary care group, made up of over 900 practices and referral hospitals, united by a shared purpose of happier animals, happier owners.

IVC Evidensia is the UK and Europe’s leading veterinary care group, made up of over 900 practices and referral hospitals, united by a shared purpose of happier animals, happier owners. At IVC Evidensia, we believe careers should be built without limits. Our people are supported to make more impact, access more career opportunities, and play an active role in their local and professional communities. Through investment in learning, innovation, and wellbeing, we create environments where our teams can grow in confidence, capability, and fulfilment—at every stage of their career. As part of Central Functions, you will be part of the teams that support and enable our network of over 2,500 practices across 20 countries, driving operational excellence, innovation, and strategic impact across the business. Our Technology teams are responsible for the systems and infrastructure that make that work - everything our healthcare professionals need to deliver world-class care. From keeping on top of patient records, health plans, client communications, diary management and dispensing, our teams have a lot to think about and need smarter ways to provide the convenience and expertise that modern Pet owners have come to expect. IVC Evidensia is undergoing an exciting digital transformation. The key to this is improving the management of our core data sets - accelerating the standardisation of operational systems in practices, building stronger master data management tooling, and developing standard reporting models across the group. As a data engineer, you will work with the team to advance the data platform within a DevOps culture. You will play a central role in building and maintaining scalable data pipelines across Databricks & Azure SQL Server, and will bring solid experience with ELT, orchestration, and scripting languages. A firm grasp of data modelling and management will be essential throughout.

The role

The Data Engineer will be a technical authority accountable for the design and development of the technologies that underpin our data strategy. At the heart of this is our Databricks data platform, and you will take ownership of building, optimising, and maintaining data pipelines using PySpark - orchestrating feeds from source systems through to our group data platform and taking technical ownership of all parts of the process. You will work closely with the business to deliver solutions that address real challenges, engaging with SMEs to break requirements into deliverables. You will also collaborate with the Data Architect to shape our overarching data management strategy.

What you'll bring to the role

• Databricks - hands-on experience building and managing workloads on the Databricks platform, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Declarative Automation Bundles
• PySpark - proficiency in writing and optimising PySpark code for data transformation and processing
• Azure - solid experience working within the Azure ecosystem, including services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure DevOps
• Azure SQL Server - experience with Azure SQL Server is important, as it forms the foundation of our existing data warehouse. You will be working across both our SQL Server environment and our Databricks platform, and an understanding of how the two integrate will be key to success in this role
• ELT & pipeline development - experience designing and maintaining pipelines using REST APIs, JSON, and ELT protocols
• Data modelling - comfort working with both relational and non-relational data technologies, with a solid grounding in modelling principles

Exposure to business intelligence tools like Power BI is desirable. You'll act as a key interface between IT and functions such as Finance and Marketing, so excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills are vital.

You should be confident working within an Agile framework, with an understanding of secure development practices and non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, and access management. An international mindset, sensitivity to local business priorities, and a collaborative approach are essential.

What’s in it for you?

At IVC Evidensia, we’re committed to supporting your development and wellbeing.

When you join us, you’ll benefit from:

• A role with real business impact supporting teams across the organisation
• Clear career pathways with progression opportunities within Central Functions and beyond
• Ongoing learning and development supported by tailored programmes and resources
• A collaborative, values-led culture focused on care, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Flexible working with a remote first working policy

Benefits

• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Green Cars salary sacrifice scheme
• Voluntary benefits: choose from a range of benefits to suit you
• Discounted staff pet care
• Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging

At IVC Evidensia we are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.