Senior Data Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer (Azure)
Manchester or London (Hybrid)
£90,% Bonus Excellent Benefits

Build the Platform That Powers Data
We're hiring a Senior Data Platform Engineer to help design and operate a secure, scalable enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and business intelligence.

Important: This is fundamentally a Platform Engineering role.

You'll focus on infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability, rather than building data pipelines.

We do welcome candidates from data engineering backgrounds-provided you bring strong platform engineering experience, particularly with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD, and cloud platform design.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and delivering robust, automated Azure & Snowflake platform components
• Building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across environments
• Creating and optimising CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Implementing observability practices (logging, monitoring, alerting)
• Ensuring platform security, scalability, and performance
• Collaborating with architects and senior engineers on platform standards
• Mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices

What We're Looking For

• Strong experience in Platform Engineering (not just data pipeline development)
• Expertise in Azure-based environments and/or Snowflake
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar IaC tooling
• Proven ability to build and manage CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of cloud security and observability
• Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Strong communicator with experience working across teams

Ideal Backgrounds

• Platform Engineers working in data environments
• DevOps/Platform Engineers with exposure to data platforms
• Data Engineers who have moved into platform, IaC, or DevOps-focused roles

Why Join?

• £90,% bonus
• Hybrid working (Manchester or London)
• High-impact role in a mission-driven setting
• Opportunity to shape and influence a modern data platform
• Strong engineering culture with a focus on automation and best practice