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We’re Pret: proud makers of freshly made food, organic coffee, and big ideas. Across 750+ shops and 20+ countries, our teams are shaping the future of Pret through innovation, inclusion, great customer service and a shared passion for doing the right thing. We’re growing fast on our mission to be the employer of choice in hospitality, everywhere we operate – so this an exciting time to hop on board.
We Believe in Growing Good Things
Growth is at the heart of everything we do. From the freshly hand‑made food we create every day, to supporting our teams, we help our people grow in confidence, skills and to pursue their unique paths. Pret is where passionate, hardworking, wonderful people (like you!) find what they need to shine. And the proof is in the pudding – over 80% of our Managers started on the shop floor! So did 20% of our Support Centre teams, including our CEO, Pano.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for passionate team players to bring joy to our customers every day. As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring Pret’s data infrastructure is robust, performant, and reliable. You will take ownership of the end‑to‑end management of Pret’s SQL databases and cloud-based Snowflake platform, enabling the business to efficiently store, manage, and access critical data for analytics, reporting, and operations.
Reporting to the Lead Data Engineer, you will collaborate closely with the Data Engineering team and business stakeholders to optimise database performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability and security across all environments. This role will combine hands‑on technical expertise with thought leadership, helping shape Pret’s data strategy and supporting the delivery of scalable, high‑quality solutions.
As part of a highly skilled and collaborative team, you will champion modern database best practices, automation, and continuous improvement to unlock the full potential of Pret’s data.
Key responsibilities
- Take ownership of Pret’s MSSQL Server and Snowflake environments, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Design, implement, and optimise database architectures and data storage solutions to support data pipelines and analytics requirements.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve database performance issues, including query optimisation, indexing, and resource management.
- Collaborate with the Lead Data Engineer and Data Engineering team to build and maintain efficient ETL processes for ingesting and transforming data.
- Lead database backup and recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity, availability, and compliance with business requirements.
- Drive database security best practices, managing roles, permissions, and encryption to protect sensitive data.
- Support the delivery of CI/CD pipelines, enabling automation and seamless deployments across SQL and Snowflake environments.
- Provide expertise in query optimisation and data modelling to support reporting, analytics, and application performance.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Operations, Finance, HR, and IT to ensure database solutions align with business requirements and objectives.
- Stay up to date with emerging tools, technologies, and best practices in database administration and cloud‑based data platforms.
- Promote a culture of knowledge sharing, coaching team members, and driving continuous improvement across Pret’s data infrastructure.
Experience and Skills required
- 5+ years’ experience as a Database Administrator or Data Engineer with strong hands‑on expertise in MSSQL Server and Snowflake.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, and optimising relational database solutions to support high‑volume data workloads.
- Expertise in query optimisation, indexing, partitioning, and database performance tuning.
- Hands‑on experience managing ETL pipelines and ensuring efficient data ingestion and transformation processes.
- Strong understanding of database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Experience with database security, including user roles, permissions, and encryption.
- Working knowledge of DBT, Fivetran and Census. Alteryx is desirable.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes, including automating deployments across SQL and Snowflake environments.
- Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams and stakeholders.
- SnowPro Core or Advanced Certification, MS SQL certifications.
- Experience with Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and Logic Apps.
- Familiarity with distributed data processing frameworks such as PySpark.
- Knowledge of Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience developing CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitHub Actions.
- Experience in database performance tuning, query optimisation, and monitoring tools.
- Familiarity with event‑driven architectures for real‑time analytics.
About you
- Be kind, honest and generous: bring genuine warmth and your authentic self to work every day.
- Bring your passion: share our passion for food and exceptional customer service.
- Spread joy every day: small acts of kindness are a big part of what makes the Pret experience special.
We offer
- Gold Card: We love making people’s day through our food and drinks. That goes for our teams too. That’s why everyone gets a Gold Card. When you’re in the office, your food and drinks are on us. And when you’re not, you can use your Gold Card to get up to 5 Barista‑made drinks a day, and 50% off everything else (food, snacks, bottled drinks – the lot).
A few more perks
- You’ll get 33 days of annual leave (including flexible Bank Holidays), increasing to 38 days the longer you’re with us.
- Free private medical cover, with the option to add family or partner at an additional cost
- 4% of your pension contribution matched by Pret, rises to 5% after 5 years
- Life assurance at 3x annual salary
- Loyalty award for 5, 10, 15, 20 years’ service
- Flexible Benefits Platform packed with lifestyle discounts
- Season ticket loans
- Financial wellbeing provisions
- Free mortgage services
- Sabbatical after 3 years
- Opportunities to support our charity, The Pret Foundation
We also offer
- Individual ways to grow - We offer lots of opportunities for learning, whether you join us for a short stint or the long game, you’re good to grow with us. Including fully funded professional qualifications, leadership development and mentoring.
- Diversity and belonging - Everyone is welcome at Pret, we want you to feel confident and valued for who you are and to truly belong.
- Pace and variety - Our work is fast paced with lots of variety, you’ll build a diverse skill set and learn a lot!
- Community and purpose - We’re proud to make a difference through The Pret Foundation, from tackling homelessness to reducing food waste and creating positive change for people and communities.
Our values
- Happy Teams Happy Customers
- Amazing Standards Every day
- Doing The Right Thing
The interview journey First, you’ll have a relaxed 30‑minute conversation with the hiring team so we can get to know you and your experience. Next, you’ll be invited to a one‑hour, in‑person interview with task at the Pret office in Manchester.
Before you apply This role is based at Pret’s office in Manchester where we work in a hybrid way - typically three days a week in the office.
Deadline to apply for this role: 28.11.2025
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Hospitality
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