Senior Data Engineer

Emergn; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

20 working days vacation

Flexible work model

Training and certification programs

Free parking

Birthday gift

Job summary

Emergn is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help shape our exciting future and play a vital role in growth. You will lead the design and development of scalable data pipelines using Python and Apache Spark, architect modern data platforms on Azure and Fabric, and own end-to-end data delivery with a focus on quality and reliability.

You will mentor teams, drive engineering best practices, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into robust data solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Python and Apache Spark in data engineering environments.
• Strong experience building solutions on Azure (Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake).
• Practical experience with Microsoft Fabric and modern cloud data architectures.
• Experience with data processing libraries such as Pandas, NumPy or Polars.
• Proven leadership skills with experience guiding and developing engineering teams.
• Highly adaptable, thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Strong proactivity and ownership mindset, driving initiatives independently.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable data pipelines using Python and Apache Spark.
• Architect and deliver modern data platforms on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.
• Own end-to-end data engineering delivery, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring teams and driving engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into effective data solutions.
• Ensure data governance, security, and compliance across all platforms.
• Proactively identify improvements, risks, and opportunities, driving continuous optimisation.

Skills

Python

Apache Spark

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data governance

Proactivity/ownership

Mentoring

Tools

Azure

Data Factory

Synapse

Data Lake

Microsoft Fabric

Pandas

NumPy

Polars

Job description

Emergn is a technology and management consultancy with a mission to set our clients free. No dependency. No short-term fix. Just teaching them the real cure to their problems, so they can stay ahead of their competitors now and forever.

A different kind of consultancy like this needs a different kind of team. One you might be just the right fit for.

This is a place for people who want to:
Make a real difference. Here, you solve problems for real. No endless engagements or running up the clock. You get to see how change really works for some of the world’s greatest businesses.
Never stop growing. We turn our expertise back on ourselves. Here, you’re always learning, stretching your thinking at the cutting edge of how organizations grow, which means staying at the cutting edge of your own growth too.
Belong everywhere. We’re a global community of experts who work without borders. Friendly, supportive, and genuinely collaborative. Because when you’re trying to change an industry, you need people who have each other’s backs.

As a Senior Data Engineer at Emergn you will help us shape Emergn exciting future and play an important role in our growth.

We want you to:

• Lead the design and development of scalable data pipelines using Python and Apache Spark.
• Architect and deliver modern data platforms on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.
• Own end-to-end data engineering delivery, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring teams and driving engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into effective data solutions.
• Ensure data governance, security, and compliance across all platforms.
• Proactively identify improvements, risks, and opportunities, driving continuous optimisation.

This job might be for you if you have:

• Extensive hands-on experience with Python and Apache Spark in data engineering environments.
• Strong experience building solutions on Azure (e.g., Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake).
• Practical experience with Microsoft Fabric and modern cloud data architectures.
• Experience in data processing libraries such as Pandas, NumPy or Polars.
• Proven leadership skills with experience guiding and developing engineering teams.
• Highly adaptable, thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Strong proactivity and ownership mindset, driving initiatives independently.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

What we offer:

• Salary 4750 – 5000 EUR gross/month.
• Work within a dynamic international team of experts Excellent opportunity for personal and professional development .
• Flexible work model and the freedom to choose the tools that suit you best – Mac or Window.
• Ability to work with modern technologies.
• Extensive catalogue of educational programs, the possibility of training and certification at the expense of the company.
• 20 working days of vacation per year.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Health insurance.
• Big free parking.
• Birthday gift.

About Emergn

We’re Emergn. A technology and management consultancy that believes sustainable competitive advantage doesn’t come from the latest tech or hottest trend – it comes from the way you work.

That’s why our goal is to embed a complete work operating system within our customers’ businesses, so they stop reacting to change and start creating it. We do this across three areas: shaping processes to be faster, clearer, and more innovative; developing people so inspiration comes from within the organization; and designing technology solutions that bring it all together.

The result? Companies don’t just get ahead for a moment. They stay ahead for an era. And make it theirs.