Data Engineering Leader – Azure Fabric, Remote

Fairmont Recruitment Technology; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Head of Data Engineering – Azure / Microsoft Fabric is required for a UK-based role with a strong focus on leadership and technical depth. You will own the data engineering strategy, drive a Microsoft Fabric programme and manage a team of five to six engineers, balancing hands-on review with high-level governance.

The role emphasises credible technical leadership, collaboration with senior stakeholders, and the ability to shape an engineering roadmap in a growing organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a data engineering function at scale.
• Proven ability to translate business priorities into an engineering roadmap.
• Strong communication with board-level and investors.

Responsibilities

• Own data engineering strategy, programme delivery and architecture.
• Lead platform reliability, standards, governance and supplier management.
• Recruit, mentor and capacity plan for the data engineering team.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align data initiatives with business priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical strategy

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Python

PySpark

SQL

Job description

Head of Data Engineering – Azure / Microsoft Fabric is required for a UK-based role with a strong focus on leadership and technical depth. You will own the data engineering strategy, drive a Microsoft Fabric programme and manage a team of five to six engineers, balancing hands-on review with high-level governance.

The role emphasises credible technical leadership, collaboration with senior stakeholders, and the ability to shape an engineering roadmap in a growing organisation.