Lead Data Engineer | Enterprise Retail Tech| Microsoft Fabric | Hybrid
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Permanent
£70000 - £85000 per annum
Lead Data Engineer | Enterprise Retail Tech |
Newcastle – Hybrid
Salary & Benefits - £70,000 to £85,000 + 34 days annual leave, health, cycle to work, staff discounts
A cutting-edge retailer at the intersection of tech and luxury fashion is on the hunt for a Lead Data Engineer to spearhead its growing data platform strategy. The company—one of the UK's fastest expanding—offers a dynamic, digitally driven environment where innovation is the heartbeat of everything they do.
This is your chance to own and evolve an enterprise-scale data ecosystem, with Fabric at its core, and help shape the next generation of insight delivery for a global audience.
What You’ll Tackle
1. Leading a new in-house Data Engineering function focused on Fabric integration
2. Designing and evolving robust architectures using Fabric components—Data Warehouses, Lakehouses, Real-Time Analytics & Pipelines
3. Building scalable, cloud-first data models tailored to retail operations and customer intelligence
4. Driving end-to-end development across Azure and Microsoft Fabric environments
5. Managing technical delivery across cross-functional teams and third-party collaborators
6. Embedding CI/CD processes and modern Agile workflows into data delivery
7. Identifying opportunities for Fabric optimisation and enabling advanced analytics capabilities
Experience:
8. Solid experience architecting and delivering solutions using Microsoft Fabric
9. Proven leadership in growing and mentoring high-performing data teams
10. Advanced knowledge of data integration strategies (CDC, APIs, ELT) and fabric-native tools
11. Strong understanding of Power BI, Synapse, and Dynamics 365 integration
12. Experience maintaining cloud data platforms (Azure preferred)
13. Hands-on proficiency with SQL Server, version control, and data lifecycle management
This is not just a tech role—it’s a chance to lead the retail data transformation from inside one of the UK’s most forward-thinking environments. If you’ve mastered Microsoft Fabric and want to architect with impact, this could be the move that defines your next chapter.
Want the inside scoop? Let’s chat.