Delivery Lead – Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimise modern cloud‑based data platforms. The role involves collaborating with business stakeholders, data analysts, data scientists and solution architects to deliver high‑quality data products that support reporting, analytics, AI and decision‑making.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric.
• Build and manage Lakehouse architectures on OneLake.
• Create ETL/ELT ingestion frameworks from structured and unstructured sources.
• Develop data workflows with Fabric Data Factory and Data Engineering capabilities.
• Implement data models, semantic models and analytical datasets.
• Write transformation logic using PySpark, Spark SQL, SQL and notebooks.
• Design and optimise Data Warehouses within Microsoft Fabric.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and improve performance of pipelines and analytics workloads.
• Ensure data quality, governance, security and compliance.
• Support Power BI reporting and self‑service analytics initiatives.
• Implement CI/CD practices and automate deployment of Fabric assets.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related field.
• Proven experience building enterprise‑scale data pipelines and analytics platforms.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to work independently and within cross‑functional teams.
• Focus on data quality, scalability and operational excellence.
• Continuous learning mindset with passion for emerging data technologies.

Required skills

• Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Data Factory, Warehouse, OneLake)
• SQL, Python, PySpark
• Data Warehousing & Data Modeling
• Power BI & Analytics
• Azure Data Platform
• ETL/ELT Development
• CI/CD & DevOps
• Data Governance & Data Quality
• Databricks, Delta Lake, Medallion Architecture
• Azure Synapse, Real‑Time Analytics, Purview
• AI/ML, Generative AI
• Terraform, Bicep, Streaming Data Solutions