At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and optimise scalable data pipelines using cutting-edge tools like Databricks and Azure.
- Company: Join Clarion, a dynamic global business that values passion, care, imagination, and trust.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Mentorship opportunities and a focus on engineering best practices.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on analytics and AI capabilities in a creative environment.
- Qualifications: Deep expertise in Azure, Databricks, and strong data engineering skills.
The predicted salary is between 65250 - 79750 £ per year.
At Clarion, our people are at the absolute heart of what we do.
If you would like to know a bit more about this opportunity, or are considering applying, then please read the following job information.
We're proud that our core values of PASSION, CARE, IMAGINATION, and TRUST define the way we carry out our work across all of our teams.
If you share our values and want to be a part of a successful, dynamic, and creative global business then we want to hear from you.
The
Opportunity: We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer with deep expertise in Azure and Databricks to help build, optimise, and scale Clarion's modern data platform.
You'll be central to delivering a robust, high-performing engineering foundation that powers analytics, operational data flows, and future AI capabilities across our global events and digital products.
This role is primarily focused on engineering excellence, developing high-quality pipelines, modelling data in line with our Medallion Architecture, and ensuring our Databricks platform is secure, governed, and production ready.
Key
Responsibilities: Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines using Databricks, Delta Live Tables, Synapse, and Delta Lake.
Develop ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows across diverse sources (APIs, SQL, SFTP, Saa S platforms).
Implement strong data quality, lineage, and governance standards aligned to Clarion's Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold).
Build and optimise Lakehouse data models to support analytics, reporting, operational workloads, and downstream product teams.
Develop reusable frameworks for ingestion, validation, schema evolution, and monitoring.
Ensure all solutions follow Databricks best practices around Unity Catalog, cluster policies, permissions, and environment separation.
Work with architects to evolve Databricks platform patterns, security, and performance optimisation.
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability across pipelines and clusters.
Contribute to standards for versioning, Dev Ops, CI/CD, and testing for Databricks notebooks, workflows, and SQL assets.
Support the rollout of Delta Sharing, Unity Catalog governance, and Iceberg/Delta interoperability where required.
Partner with analysts and data scientists to ensure that high-quality, well-modelled data is available for analytics and future AI use cases.
Assist with productionising ML pipelines where needed, ensuring they run reliably within Databricks.
Support feature engineering and experiment environments as part of the wider platform.
Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, operations, and technology teams to understand data needs and accelerate delivery.
Mentor junior engineers and help foster a culture of engineering best practice.
Champion Dev Ops for data: CI/CD pipelines, testing automation, Ia C, and environment management.
- Knowledge, Skills
- Ensure that no person is unlawfully discriminated against;• Select the best person for the role based on their skills, qualifications and abilities. xwwtmva This statement sets out our commitment to equal opportunities and to preventing discrimination in the workplace.
Senior Data Engineer employer: Clarion Events
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