Senior Data & Machine Learning Engineer

Forward Role
Warrington, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£55,000 – £65,000 pa
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Salary

£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Benefits

10% bonus 20 days annual leave + BH (increases with service) Pension Enhanced sick pay Buy and sell holidays Life assurance Health & wellbeing benefits Employee assistance programme Cycle to work Long service awards

Senior Data & Machine Learning Engineer

(MS Fabric focus) - Warrington (hybrid)

We’re working with a well-established business that’s investing heavily in its data and AI capability and is now looking for aSenior Data & Machine Learning Engineer to play a key role in shaping their modern data platform.

This is a senior, hands-on role where you’ll take ownership of a Fabric-centric data estate, lead technical decisions, and work closely with BI teams, data scientists and senior stakeholders. They’re looking for someone who enjoys building scalable data platforms, mentoring others, and turning complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.

What’s in it for you?

  • Hybrid working from their Warrington office
  • Salary up to £65K + 10% bonus
  • 20 days annual leave + BH – increases with service
  • Pension
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Buy and sell holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Health & wellbeing benefits
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to Work
  • Long service awards
  • Work with modern tech including Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI and ML tooling

Key skills

  • Strong experience withMicrosoft Fabric (Data Factory, Lakehouse, OneLake, Pipelines, SQL Warehouse)
  • Solid data engineering background usingSQL, Python, PySpark, Delta Lake
  • Experience building and optimisingend-to-end data pipelines
  • CI/CD experience for analytics and data platforms (Azure DevOps or GitHub)
  • Exposure toAI/ML platforms such as Azure AI, Azure ML or Azure OpenAI
  • Strong knowledge ofPower BI and/or Qlik at enterprise scale
  • Confident communicator, comfortable working with senior stakeholders
  • Previous experience mentoring data engineers

Day to day

  • Owning and developing the organisation’sMicrosoft Fabric data platform
  • Designing and building scalable, reliable data pipelines and architectures
  • Leading the move from legacy and hybrid platforms to a modern Fabric setup
  • Supporting BI teams with semantic models, datasets and performance optimisation
  • Enabling ML and MLOps workflows, from feature engineering to deployment
  • Working closely with data scientists, analysts, IT and the wider business
  • Embedding data quality, governance and best-practice standards
  • Providing technical leadership and coaching to other engineers

If this sounds like your next move, apply now or email

*Please note this role cannot offer sponsorship and isn’t suitable for those on graduate or short term visas*

As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.
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