Senior Data Engineer & Technical Leader for Data Platforms

Opencast | B Corp™; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

7% employer pension contribution

share options

discretionary bonus

25 days’ holiday

life happens days (3 annual)

Wellbeing support

ongoing professional development

volunteering opportunities

the chance to be part of a genuinely ~

Job summary

Opencast is expanding its data engineering capability and seeks a senior data platform engineer to guide its direction across integration, migration, modelling and platform design. You’ll mentor colleagues, recruit talent, and set technical standards while delivering client work across UK engagements.

You’ll collaborate with architects, analysts and engineers to build reliable lakehouse and warehouse platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Azure, shaping solutions that are simple, robust and

Qualifications

• Experience navigating ambiguity and guiding technical decisions for clients.
• Ability to mentor, recruit and set engineering standards across teams.
• Strong collaboration with architects, analysts and engineers to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and lead data engineering teams across projects.
• Recruit and grow the data engineering capability.
• Deliver client work spanning integration, migration and modelling.
• Define engineering standards and best practices.

Skills

Ambiguity navigation

Problem solving

Client collaboration

Technical advisory

Engineering governance

Mentoring others

Knowledge sharing

Emerging technologies

Delivery leadership

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Job description

Opencast is expanding its data engineering capability and seeks a senior data platform engineer to guide its direction across integration, migration, modelling and platform design. You’ll mentor colleagues, recruit talent, and set technical standards while delivering client work across UK engagements.

You’ll collaborate with architects, analysts and engineers to build reliable lakehouse and warehouse platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Azure, shaping solutions that are simple, robust and