Data Engineer

Community Gateway Association
Preston
14 hours ago
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37 hours per week Monday – Friday, based at our offices on Preston Docks


£45,000 - £50,000 per annum


What will you be doing in this role?

Your role is to ensure that high-quality, trustworthy data flows seamlessly to the people who need it most, from our frontline housing teams through to our Board. You will solve real-world problems by designing resilient data pipelines and modern models that turn raw information into a strategic asset. Whether you are helping us migrate to our new cloud-based platforms or ensuring our systems are optimised for the future, your work directly supports our regulatory goals and, most importantly, helps us deliver better homes and services for our customers.


What We Are Looking For

  • You’ll have experience migrating from on‑premises solutions and replacing SSIS/manual data loads.
  • You’ll have experience developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric.
  • You’ll be confident in ensuring data is ingested, transformed, and stored efficiently and securely.
  • You’ll have experience implementing robust error handling and logging for ETL processes.

It Would Be Great If You Also Had

  • An understanding of Medallion architecture (raw / curated / reporting)
  • Experience of working in the social housing sector.

Why work at Community Gateway?

We are a values‑based organisation who truly care about our employees, their health, safety and wellbeing. We aim for a great employee experience and that includes offering a range of benefits – have a look at the attached leaflet for more information. Our holiday entitlement starts at 26 days plus bank holidays (including your birthday off and Christmas closure!).


We also offer a company‑paid health cash plan for you and your dependents (including 24/7 GP), enhanced sick pay and parental leave, reward and recognition scheme, wellbeing support, training and development and much more.


Inclusion is key for us. We would love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role, those who may be underrepresented in our organisation. We aim to be reflective of the communities in which we operate and if you speak a second language this can come in handy!


A Bit More About Us

Community Gateway owns and manages almost 7000 homes across the city of Preston, but we are so much more than just a landlord. We aim to offer great customer service, providing safe, well‑maintained and affordable homes, and making a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We make sure that we manage our business to the highest of standards and are working to create a sustainable future.


And finally, we want to be a great place to work…so if you think you have the skills, experience and can live our values, then we want to hear from you.


If you haven’t done so already, check out our candidate pack on our website for more about us and top tips for your application.


Dates For Your Diary

The closing date for this role is Sunday 29th March 2026 at midnight with interviews held between 8th and 14th April 2026.


We reserve the right to close this vacancy early so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.


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