Senior Data Engineer

Yu Energy; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy supplier in the UK is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to enhance their data engineering function. This position emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring of a small team, and implementing modern data standards using tools like Snowflake and Azure. The role is hybrid, requiring 3 days in the office in Leicester, offering a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits including annual leave and a bonus on your birthday. Proven skills in SQL, Python, and data processing are essential for candidates interested in this opportunity.

Benefits

24 days annual leave + bank holidays

Holiday buy – up to 5 additional days

Employee Assistance Programme

Annual salary review

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer in a senior capacity.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake and DBT.
• Expertise in Azure Data Services for end-to-end pipeline orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Implement modern engineering standards in the data team.
• Provide technical guidance for the design and development of data pipelines.
• Manage and mentor a team of data engineers.

Skills

Snowflake

Azure Data Services

SQL

Python

DBT

Team leadership

CI/CD practices

Data protection and privacy

Tools

GitHub

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

Senior Data Engineer

Department: YUG - 9035 - Data Management

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Leicester

Reporting To: Data Engineering Manager

Compensation: £60,000 - £65,000 / year

Description

Reports to: Data Engineering Manager

Location: Leicester LE3 - Hybrid 3 days a week working in office

Working hours: Monday to Friday - 37.5 Hrs

Yü Group Plc is a leading energy supplier in the United Kingdom, committed to providing reliable and sustainable energy solutions to our customers. As we continue to grow and innovate in the dynamic energy sector, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a Senior Data Engineer.

As the Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in growing our data engineering function in an infrastructure focused on the core stack leveraging Snowflake, DBT and Azure. You will be responsible for coaching and mentoring a small team of data engineers with the Data Engineering Manager whilst delivering high quality data products. You will be instrumental in the scaling of our data platform and fostering engineering excellence within the team.

Passionate and motivated people are the power behind our growth so we’re looking to expand our team and you could be part of our success story.

What We Need from Yü

Data Standards and Governance

• Implement modern engineering standards, including CI/CD, testing, code reviews, and robust data quality/governance controls within the data team.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance through comprehensive testing, documentation, and monitoring processes.

Technical Leadership in Engineering

• Provide technical guidance and leadership for the design, development, and maintenance of robust, automated data pipelines and data management processes.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable data solutions using Snowflake, Azure Data Services, and DBT for data transformation and modelling.
• Optimize performance and cost of data workloads within Snowflake (query tuning, warehouse sizing) and Azure environments.

Line Management and Team Development.

• Manage and mentor a team of data engineers, supporting their professional development and career paths.
• Collaborate with data architects, analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver high-impact solutions.
• Plan work, estimate tasks, manage team\'s contribution to AGILE delivery via sprints and other key practices.

Collaboration

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, finance, marketing, and operations, to understand their data needs and provide strategic guidance.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts in these domains to ensure key requirements have been provided.
• Contribute to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to data quality, analytics, and business impact.

About Yü

If you have what it takes you could be just what we’re looking for…

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer in a senior capacity, demonstrated line management or team leadership experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake (schema design, performance tuning, SnowSQL, RBAC).
• Proven experience with DBT for modular data modelling, testing, documentation, and CI/CD integration.
• Expertise in Azure Data Services (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Blob Storage) for end-to-end pipeline orchestration, AWS and GCP experience will be considered of near equal importance.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation, automation, and complex data processing.
• Experience with version control systems, such as GitHub, and CI/CD practices, such as Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements, especially in the area of data protection and privacy.
• [Preferable, not essential] Strong understanding of the energy industry and / or regulated industries such as financial services or insurance.
• [Preferable, not essential] Exposure to data visualisation software such as PowerBI, Tableau and Sigma
• [Preferable, not essential] Familiarity to orchestration tools such as Airflow or Prefect.
• [Preferable, not essential] Understanding of machine learning algorithms and statistical methods

Yü Come First

We have a wide range of benefits for our employees including:

• 24 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday buy – up to 5 additional days
• Day off on your birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual salary review
• Learning and development opportunities
• Enhanced paternity, maternity and adoption policies
• Yü made a difference Awards
• 3 days additional annual leave if you get married/civil partnership etc.
• Appointment allowance
• Long service recognition
• Refer a friend payment
• Company sick pay (subject to length of service)
• New modern facilities
• Death in service and critical illness cover
• Plus, many more

If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you apply for a role, please let us know and we will see what we can do.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have an indefinite right to work in the UK