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Principle Data Engineer

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Bristol
1 month ago
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Your newpany

Hays are supporting a growing retail business based in Avonmouth to support with the recruitment for a permanent Principal Data Engineer. Salary up to c£60k and offering hybrid working typically three days per week on site.

Your new role& whatyou'll need to succeed

In the role you’ll join the Data and Analytics team and lead on a range of interesting data modernisation projects. You’ll work closely with the data engineering manager and support / mentor more junior & mid-level data engineers within the small team. You’ll need to be a hands-on technical data engineer with experience across a range of modern technologies. Experience with Microsoft fabric is preferable and good working knowledge on Apache Spark is essential – PySpark, SparkSQL and T-SQL. You’ll need good working knowledge of cloud data, specifically designing scalable solutions in Azure Data Lake, Synapse & Delta Lake. Data pipelines and orchestration is important as is programming & automation – knowledge of Phython, SQL and ETL processes is important.

What you'll get in return

In return, you’ll work for a growing and stable business in a senior role with a lot of autonomy and ownership of interesting data projects. You’ll receive a salary up to c£60k and enjoy flexible hybrid working (free parking in Avonmouth). You’ll receive apetitive benefits package including staff discounts, enhanced pension, and a generous holiday allowance increasing year on year.

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