Senior BI Data Architect

Salary: £87,000 - 97,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience in data architecture or data engineering within modern cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in Databricks, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and SQL Warehousing.
• Advanced SQL skills with a focus on performance tuning and optimisation.
• Experience migrating legacy data systems into scalable architectures.
• Proven ability to design and build data pipelines using Spark and Python or SQL.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, including star and snowflake schemas.
• Experience working with BI tools and semantic layers such as Looker or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD workflows.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a governed Databricks Lakehouse, including catalog and data structures.
• Migrate complex legacy SQL into clean, modular, and maintainable pipelines.
• Build scalable transformation frameworks using Spark and Python or SQL-based pipelines.
• Optimise query performance across large datasets, improving efficiency and cost control.
• Define and manage data modelling standards, including dimensional modelling approaches.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable deployment and testing of data products.
• Create and maintain a semantic layer for self-service analytics and reporting.
• Partner with stakeholders across multiple business areas to translate data needs into solutions.
• Deliver insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders, balancing technical and business priorities.

Technologies

• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Databricks
• Support
• Looker
• Python
• SQL
• Snowflake
• Spark
• Unity
• GameDev
• Architect

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We are a global, data-driven organisation operating at the intersection of technology and insights. We place a strong emphasis on innovation and use large-scale data to power decision-making across multiple business functions. Our environment promotes collaboration, continuous improvement, and high technical standards, and we are investing heavily in modernising our data infrastructure to support future growth. This is a fully remote role for UK-based candidates only, offering a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of a modern data platform at scale. The position is an 8-month fixed-term contract with a pro-rated salary up to £66,000, depending on experience.

last updated 24 week of 2026