Senior BI & Data Engineer - Azure Databricks & Power BI

Datatech Analytics; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Datatech Analytics in Berkshire is seeking a Staff BI & Data Engineer to own data pipelines and trusted reporting. The role combines Azure Databricks, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog with Power BI to deliver insight that informs customer acquisition, sales and operations.

You will translate requirements into metrics, build robust data models and mentor peers while aligning with senior stakeholders on priorities and solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong production experience with Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
• Hands-on Power BI expertise, including data modelling, DAX, RLS and performance optimisation.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with Azure data services.
• Experience supporting contact-centre operations and/or performance marketing.
• Confidence defining and validating measures such as lead conversion, acquisition costs, attribution, agent performance or service levels.
• A track record of independently owning delivery, resolving complex problems and introducing improvements.
• Clear communication and the confidence to constructively challenge requirements and existing approaches.
• Experience of Microsoft Fabric would also be useful.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimise pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, SQL, ADF and ADLS Gen2.
• Develop governed lakehouse solutions using Delta Lake, medallion architecture and Unity Catalog.
• Own Power BI semantic models, DAX measures and row-level security, ensuring reporting is accurate, secure and performant.
• Translate marketing and contact‑centre requirements into clearly defined metrics and actionable reporting.
• Modernise legacy processes and improve reliability, data quality and maintainability.
• Work with senior stakeholders to clarify requirements, explain trade‑offs and recommend solutions.
• Strengthen engineering practices through testing, documentation, Git and CI/CD.
• Mentor colleagues and share good practice across the team.

Skills

Independent delivery

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Mentor teammates

Project ownership

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Power BI

Azure data services

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Datatech Analytics in Berkshire is seeking a Staff BI & Data Engineer to own data pipelines and trusted reporting. The role combines Azure Databricks, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog with Power BI to deliver insight that informs customer acquisition, sales and operations.

You will translate requirements into metrics, build robust data models and mentor peers while aligning with senior stakeholders on priorities and solutions.