Lead Data & AI Platform Engineer | Microsoft Fabric

Altech Group Ltd; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Altech Group Ltd in Lancashire is hiring a Lead Data & AI Engineer to own a group-wide Microsoft Fabric platform, merging data from core systems for reliable decision-making. This hands-on role shapes architecture, delivery, and the data function's future direction.

You'll work with senior stakeholders, establish governance, and drive self-service analytics and AI-enabled insights across international entities.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building a data platform from scratch.
• Strong SQL and Python or PySpark skills.
• Hands-on Microsoft Fabric experience essential; Databricks helpful.
• Strong Power BI semantic modelling and DAX skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run a Microsoft Fabric platform with data pipelines and costs.
• Integrate ERP, CRM, HR and other systems across entities.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define requirements and backlog.
• Develop shared Power BI semantic models and KPI definitions.
• Establish data quality, ownership, security and access standards.
• Set up source control, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and docs.
• Prepare datasets for conversational AI and AI-assisted insights.
• Support self-service analytics and future data team growth.

Skills

SQL

Python/PySpark

ELT pipelines

Dimensional modelling

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Power BI

DAX

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Job description

Altech Group Ltd in Lancashire is hiring a Lead Data & AI Engineer to own a group-wide Microsoft Fabric platform, merging data from core systems for reliable decision-making. This hands-on role shapes architecture, delivery, and the data function's future direction.

You'll work with senior stakeholders, establish governance, and drive self-service analytics and AI-enabled insights across international entities.