Staff Data Engineer

In this role you will design, build and maintain high-quality data solutions in the cloud, driving automation and scalability. You will provide technical leadership to a small squad, oversee complex tasks, and shape M&S data frameworks and policies. You’ll collaborate with engineers to deliver clean code and scalable pipelines aligned with business goals. This position offers an opportunity to influence data strategy in a dynamic, customer‑centric retail environment. You will contribute to a more data-driven, innovative retail future.

• 20% colleague discount after probation
• holiday entitlement with option to buy extra
• discretionary bonus based on objectives
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• tailored induction and wide training programmes
• wellbeing support including 24/7 Virtual GP

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines following ETL principles
• Provide technical leadership to a small squad of engineers
• Own complex backlog tasks and deliver reliably
• Lead development of M&S standard data frameworks and policies
• Support other data engineers through code reviews and pair programming
• Design, develop, and maintain data solutions in the cloud

• Cloud-based data technologies and data warehousing design principles (Azure preferred)
• Expert in end-to-end data solutions
• Experience with ETL tools (e.g., Databricks, SQL)
• Experience with Python/SQL/Spark
• Demonstrable leadership mentality and business acumen

• leadership
• collaboration
• communication
• Azure
• data warehousing
• Databricks