Data Engineer | Southampton FC

PFSA Education Ltd.; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two free tickets for every home league

26 days' holiday + bank holidays + own

Contributory pension

Worldwide travel insurance for you and

Free parking

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Southampton FC is seeking a hands-on Data Engineer to own and develop the club's cloud data platform at Staplewood Campus, Southampton. You will build pipelines for performance analytics, ensure data quality and governance, and support recruitment, opposition analysis and sports science.

The role involves leading the platform's technical build, database administration, and Azure DevOps workflows, with collaboration across coaches, data scientists, and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable data pipelines in Python.
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, ideally Azure and Databricks.
• Understanding of data privacy, governance and quality standards.
• Able to work with teams across the club.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical build and configuration of the football data platform.
• Build and maintain data pipelines for performance analytics and reporting.
• Look after data quality, governance and data protection compliance.
• Carry out database administration, including performance tuning, indexing, backups and user access.
• Develop AI agents to monitor pipelines for quality and reliability.
• Manage code and version control in Azure DevOps.
• Work with Data Scientists and the sports science and coaching staff, and document the platform.

Skills

Python data pipelines

SQL

Azure Databricks

Azure DevOps

Data governance & privacy

Team collaboration

GPS data familiarity

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: Staplewood Campus, Southampton

Hours: Full-time

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Monday 2 November 2026

Role Overview

Southampton FC is looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to own and develop the club's cloud data platform. The platform underpins how data is collected, organised and governed across the club, and supports work in player recruitment, opposition analysis and sports science.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead the technical build and configuration of the football data platform.
• Build and maintain data pipelines for performance analytics and reporting.
• Look after data quality, governance and data protection compliance.
• Carry out database administration, including performance tuning, indexing, backups and user access.
• Develop AI agents to monitor pipelines for quality and reliability.
• Manage code and version control in Azure DevOps.
• Work with Data Scientists and the sports science and coaching staff, and document the platform.

Person Specification

• Strong experience building scalable data pipelines in Python.
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, ideally Azure and Databricks.
• An understanding of data privacy, governance and quality standards.
• Able to work with teams across the club.
• Knowledge of sporting data such as GPS, event and tracking data is desirable.

Benefits

Two free tickets for every home league game, 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday, a contributory pension, worldwide travel insurance for you and your family, free parking and a cycle to work scheme.