Azure Data Engineer

Softcat
Manchester
2 months ago
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Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company? Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team? As one of the UK's leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company, Softcat has built a reputation for excellence. Our strategy is simple – we believe that highly engaged employees are the key to building customer trust and loyalty, enabling us to invest in technology and services capabilities.


Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain robust, reusable data pipelines using Azure Data Factory (orchestration), Azure Databricks (transformations in PySpark/Spark SQL), and DBT (SQL‑based modelling).
  • Prepare, clean, and transform unstructured and semi‑structured data for LLM training, fine‑tuning, and prompt engineering workflows.
  • Develop Python‑based ETL/ELT scripts, data transformation utilities, and automation tools.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Databricks Asset Bundles for data workflows, promoting automation, reproducibility, and minimal manual intervention.
  • Collaborate with Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, and Analysts to optimise the flow of data into ML and LLM models.

Qualifications

  • Strong hands‑on experience with Azure Data Factory (pipelines, triggers, parameterisation, linked services).
  • Strong hands‑on experience with Azure Databricks (PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake, performance tuning).
  • Strong SQL development skills, including performance tuning and working with large datasets.
  • Proficiency with Python for data engineering tasks (Pandas, PySpark, data cleaning, API integrations).
  • Proficiency with DBT (data modelling, macros, testing, documentation).
  • Experience with Azure DevOps for Git‑based source control and deployment pipelines for data solutions.

Flexible Working

  • Hybrid working.
  • Working flexible hours – flexing the times you start and finish during the day.
  • Flexibility around school pick‑up and drop‑offs.

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns.


If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.


Learn more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/


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