Senior Data Engineer (Azure)

About Smart Working

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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer with deep expertise in Azure and SQL to build, optimize, and deliver scalable data solutions across multiple client projects. In this role, you will work independently as well as part of a broader data team, engaging directly with customers, translating business needs into technical solutions, and ensuring best practices across data architecture, governance, and performance.

This position requires a strong ability to work end-to-end - from designing pipelines to delivering clean, reliable datasets that enable analytics, BI, and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions using Azure and SQL
• Work confidently both independently and within a team, depending on the project
• Engage directly with clients and communicate technical concepts clearly
• Support roadmap planning, architecture decisions, and governance processes
• Translate business requirements into data models and pipelines
• Work across ingestion, transformation, warehousing, and optimization
• Ensure security, performance, and reliability of data systems
• Deliver measurable improvements to client data platforms
• Apply best practices in Azure cloud data engineering

Requirements

Nice to Have

Benefits

At Smart Working, you'll never be just another remote hire.

Be a Smart Worker : valued, empowered, and part of a culture that celebrates integrity, excellence, and ambition.

If that sounds like your kind of place, we'd love to hear your story.

Skills Required

Databricks, Azure, Sql, Python