Data Engineer

Portakabin; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension including life insurance benefit

Dedicated health and wellbeing services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Benefits Program

Learning & development opportunities

Opportunity for career progression

Job summary

A successful growing organization is looking for a Data Engineer to join their IT team in York. In this role, you will collaborate with technology architects to design and maintain technical solutions, ensuring compliance with development standards. Ideal candidates should have a degree or equivalent experience with technologies like Microsoft Azure and SQL, alongside problem-solving and communication skills. This position offers up to £50,000 salary with benefits that include a contributory pension, health services, and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in building technical solutions within a systems development team, specifically using Fabric, SQL, and Azure or similar technologies.
• Experience of working on multi-workstream projects.
• Skilled in producing clear, accurate and up-to-date documentation.
• Experience in analysing and improving existing technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with technology architects and colleagues in multi-skilled project teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Design, build and maintain technical solutions that support business requirements.
• Produce and maintain clear, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation for all solutions.
• Analyse and improve existing solutions, applying best practices to enhance performance and reliability.
• Manage and resolve service requests and incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to business processes.

Skills

Software Development

Problem Solving

Communication

Technical Acumen

Microsoft Fabric

SQL

Azure

Data Analysis

System Design

Debugging

Innovation integration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Boomi

Job description

Description

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our IT team in York.

Application Deadline: 27 February 2026

Department: IT

Location: Head Office

Compensation: £40,000 - £50,000 / year

Role Details

• Annual salary up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experience. Plus an annual on target bonus of 5%
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT. This role is in the office a minimum of 3 days, must live within 1 hour of York
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.

In this role you will be required to:

• Collaborate with technology architects and colleagues in multi-skilled project teams to deliver technical solutions in line with development standards and security policies.
• Design, build and maintain technical solutions that support business requirements.
• Produce and maintain clear, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation for all solutions.
• Analyse and improve existing solutions, applying best practices to enhance performance and reliability.
• Engage with external suppliers proactively and assure the quality of solutions they develop and deliver.
• Manage and resolve service requests and incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to business processes.
• Liaise with stakeholders to review processes and design optimised solutions that improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Contribute to platform and application improvements, ensuring solutions remain fit for purpose.
• Support Incident and Problem Management teams by investigating root causes and recommending preventative measures.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression

Our Ideal Candidate

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in building technical solutions within a systems development team, specifically using Fabric, SQL, and Azure or similar technologies.
• Experience of working on multi-workstream projects.
• Skilled in producing clear, accurate and up-to-date documentation.
• Experience in analysing and improving existing technical solutions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud technologies and modern integration platforms such as Boomi.
• Skills: Software Development, Problem Solving, Communication, Technical Acumen, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, Azure, Data Analysis, System Design, Debugging, Innovation integration.