Senior Data Engineer: Fabric Platform Lead & AI

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK LLP is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and run data pipelines, driving the migration to Microsoft Fabric and enabling governed data for analytics and AI. You will lead data ingestion from core systems, shape data structures, and ensure secure, well-documented datasets for reporting tools like Power BI.

You’ll guide and mentor engineers, set technical direction, and collaborate across Data Office and IT to deliver scalable data solutions in a regulated

Qualifications

• Experience delivering solutions on Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Lakehouse, Warehouse and Notebooks) or Databricks.
• Strong proficiency in Python, PySpark and SQL.
• Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing and ETL/ELT principles; experience delivering a platform or data migration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory and Fabric Lakehouse; set patterns for reuse.
• Own ingestion of data from core systems (Workday, Dynamics 365, Business World, SharePoint).
• Design data structures in Fabric Warehouse and Lakehouse; deliver curated datasets for Power BI and reporting.
• Build security, data classification and access controls into pipelines; review others' work.
• Redesign legacy ETL/ELT processes for Fabric and plan cut-over to ensure reporting continuity.
• Set up version control, CI/CD and automated testing for data solutions; monitor pipelines for cost/performance.
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Power BI

CI/CD

Git

Data governance

Data security

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

RAG

MCP

Notebooks

Tools

Fabric Data Factory

Fabric Lakehouse

Fabric Warehouse

Workday

Dynamics 365

SharePoint

Power BI integration

Job description

Grant Thornton UK LLP is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and run data pipelines, driving the migration to Microsoft Fabric and enabling governed data for analytics and AI. You will lead data ingestion from core systems, shape data structures, and ensure secure, well-documented datasets for reporting tools like Power BI.

You’ll guide and mentor engineers, set technical direction, and collaborate across Data Office and IT to deliver scalable data solutions in a regulated