Data Platform Engineer

People's Partnership; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contributions with up to 14% employer contribution

Real living wage

Employee healthcare

Learning & development opportunities

Volunteering days

Onsite gym

Job summary

People's Partnership is looking for a Data and Analytics Platform Engineer to work within their Data and Analytics Team. This role entails developing and maintaining a robust data platform, collaborating with stakeholders and promoting best practices in data development.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience with Microsoft Azure and will engage in shaping technical strategies while ensuring robust and effective data solutions. Excellent pension contributions and hybrid working options are part of the offer.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building scalable, modular data platforms.
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure including Data Factory and Databricks.
• Stakeholder engagement from requirements gathering to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the EDAP.
• Shape technical strategy in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Champion best practices in data platform development.
• Drive innovation in data usage and insight generation.

Skills

Designing and building scalable data platforms

Microsoft Azure

Data architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Collaborative mindset

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

SQL

Data Factory

Databricks

Data Lake

Job description

Data and Analytics Platform Engineer - 12 months FTC

About People’s Partnership

At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.

What You'll Be Doing

The role sits within the Data and Analytics Team, led by the Data and Analytics Manager, and includes six experienced Business Intelligence Developers. You’ll work closely with this team and stakeholders across the organisation to shape and deliver a robust, scalable, and trusted data platform.

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be hands‑on with the development and maintenance of data pipelines, platform components, and integrations. You’ll work closely with BI developers and business stakeholders to understand requirements, troubleshoot issues, and deliver reliable, high‑quality data solutions. You’ll also play a key role in evolving platform processes, supporting team capability, and ensuring the EDAP remains secure, scalable, and fit for purpose.

• Develop and maintain EDAP – Design and implement new technologies and practices, ensuring they remain robust and effective.
• Shape technical strategy – Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to define, evolve, and deliver the EDAP strategy.
• Champion best practice – Promote high standards in data platform development and analytical tooling to ensure quality and consistency.
• Drive innovation – Identify opportunities to improve how the organisation uses its systems and data to generate insight and value.
• Contribute to data architecture – Work with the architecture group to align EDAP with enterprise data architecture and design principles.
• Define repeatable processes – Develop and maintain processes for translating business requirements into clear, implementable technical specifications.
• Engage stakeholders – Collaborate with business users to clarify requirements, ensuring solutions deliver real value and meet objectives.

What We’re Looking For

Data Platforms:

• Experience designing and building scalable, modular data platforms
• Familiarity with data mesh, data products, and modern data architecture
• Preparing and structuring data for machine learning applications
• Secure by design – including row-level security, role‑based access control (RBAC), and data privacy awareness
• Microsoft Fabric
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure (Data Factory, Databricks, Data Lake, Lakehouse)
• Building and managing pipelines across varied sources (SQL, APIs, SaaS platforms such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, etc.)
• Supporting and enabling reporting and analytics tools

Delivery experience:

• Stakeholder engagement – all the way from requirements gathering through development and on to implementation and training
• Collaborative mindset – actively supports team learning and skill development

What you can expect from us:

• Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
• Real living wage
• Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
• Employee healthcare
• Parental and adoption leave
• Learning & development opportunities and study support
• Travel season ticket loans
• Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
• Onsite gym
• Social clubs and events

Disability Statement

People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. This role may support hybrid working. To make use of this arrangement, employees must have an appropriate home working environment, including a private workspace and reliable, secure high‑speed internet that enables them to perform their duties effectively. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best “you”.