Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Location: London | Salary: Up to £75,000 – £80,000 | Hybrid: Tue–Thu in-office, 9am–6pm

La Fosse are delighted to be partnering with a global independent brand and design agency, home to around 350 people across 8 studios worldwide (roughly 160–165 in London), in their search for a Data Engineer to join a brand-new data function - a genuine ground-floor opportunity to help shape how the business builds and uses data from day one.

About the Role

As Data Engineer, you'll be the builder behind the agency's data platform - designing and maintaining the pipelines, integrations and data models that turn information from core systems (NetSuite, SugarCRM, BambooHR, Microsoft 365) into a reliable foundation for reporting, analytics and AI.

You'll work closely with a Business Analyst and receive technical support from the person who helped define the data structure, while partnering with IT, Finance and Operations. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves building and solving integration problems, but who can also communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders and translate business needs into practical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Pipelines & integration: Build and maintain reliable pipelines using PySpark notebooks on Microsoft Fabric; develop REST API integrations across core systems with robust error handling, alerting and monitoring
• Modelling & warehousing: Design well-structured data models using a medallion lakehouse (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and dimensional (star schema) approach, powering Power BI and other downstream tools
• Quality & testing: Build automated data quality checks, resolve issues at source, and maintain documentation and lineage
• Security & governance: Engineer data flows in line with GDPR and the business's governance framework, applying access controls, secrets management and encryption
• Platform & automation: Work across Fabric, Power BI Direct Lake, Azure (Key Vault, Blob Storage, Entra ID) and GitHub CI/CD; automate manual processes and support AI/Copilot initiatives

What We're Looking For

• Strong hands-on data engineering experience with production pipelines
• Advanced SQL, strong Python, hands-on PySpark/Spark
• Experience building REST API integrations (OAuth, pagination, error handling); iPaaS experience (e.g. Workato) a plus
• Solid grounding in data modelling, ETL/ELT and modern warehousing concepts
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (or equivalent lakehouse), Power BI and Azure services
• Understanding of data security, privacy (GDPR) and governance
• A clear communicator, pragmatic and quality-focused without over-engineering
• Experience with finance, resourcing or CRM platforms (e.g. NetSuite and SugarCRM) highly desirable
• Exposure to international, multi-entity businesses an advantage

Why Join

• Build a data function from the ground up, with real scope to shape architecture and strategy
• 24 days holiday plus the last Friday of every month off - 36 days off a year, plus bank holidays (including Christmas)
• 5% employer pension contribution
• ClassPass or Nuffield gym membership
• Monthly CBT/psychologist sessions available, if wanted

La Fosse is proud to be partnering exclusively on this search. To find out more, apply today.