Senior Data Engineer – Fabric & AI Platform Lead

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Chilworth Old Village; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK LLP is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Architecture team. You will design, build and run data pipelines using Fabric components and lead the migration to Microsoft Fabric, ensuring secure, governed data for analytics and AI readiness.

You will leverage your Python, PySpark and SQL skills to ingest data from core systems, design robust data models and enable self-service reporting with Power BI. A collaborative, flexible hybrid work environment is offered.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python, PySpark and SQL.
• Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing and ETL/ELT principles.
• Experience delivering a platform or data migration.
• Knowledge of data governance, security and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory and Fabric Lakehouse.
• Own ingestion of data from core systems (Workday, Dynamics 365, Business World, SharePoint).
• Design data structures in Fabric Warehouse/Lakehouse for Power BI and reporting.
• Implement security, data classification and access controls in pipelines.
• Redesign legacy ETL/ELT for Fabric and plan cut-over to maintain reporting continuity.
• Set up version control, CI/CD and automated testing for data solutions and monitor pipelines.
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers.

Skills

Python

PySpark

SQL

Data modelling

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT

Power BI

Git

CI/CD

Data governance

Security & compliance

AI data prep

RAG

MCP

Notebooks

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Fabric Data Factory

Fabric Lakehouse

Tools

Fabric Data Factory

Fabric Lakehouse

Fabric Warehouse

Fabric Notebooks

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Git

CI/CD

Power BI

Job description

Grant Thornton UK LLP is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Architecture team. You will design, build and run data pipelines using Fabric components and lead the migration to Microsoft Fabric, ensuring secure, governed data for analytics and AI readiness.

You will leverage your Python, PySpark and SQL skills to ingest data from core systems, design robust data models and enable self-service reporting with Power BI. A collaborative, flexible hybrid work environment is offered.