Data Engineer

🤩 DATA ENGINEER

Join our growing Data & Analytics team and help shape the future of data-driven decision making across the business.

📄12 month Fixed Term Contract

🕰️Hours: 35 hours per week

📅Shift pattern: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

💸Salary:  from  £55,000 per annum dependant on experience

📍Location: Remote but with occasional travel to our offices in New Milton and Norwich

This role is a UK based role and any hybrid/remote work must also be within the UK.

📆Start Date : March 2026

🌟For this role, you need 5mpbs upload and 15mpbs download internet speed🌟

😎Appello Perks

• 175 hours holiday pa.

• Private Medical Insurance - Individual Cover

• We offer you discounts on everything from groceries and shopping through to holidays, insurance, days out, restaurants and more

• 24/7 employee assistance programme with an easily accessible app!

• Family and friends’ discounts on our services & products

• Pension Scheme, up to 4% Company matched

• Free on-site parking

🔎WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

We’re looking for a skilled Data Engineer who can design and deliver scalable, high-performance data solutions in Azure. If you’re passionate about building modern data platforms and optimising data flows, this role is for you.

Essential Experience

• 5+ years as a Data Engineer or SQL Developer.

• Advanced SQL development and performance tuning on large datasets.

• Hands-on experience with Azure data services (ADLS, Synapse Pipelines/Data Factory).

• Proven ability to design and deliver ELT pipelines and scalable data models.

• Experience ingesting data from multiple systems (APIs, files, databases).

• Working knowledge of data governance, GDPR, and secure handling of PII.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with Synapse Serverless/Dedicated SQL and lakehouse architectures.

• Exposure to Dynamics 365, Node.js, and Python for automation or transformation.

• Familiarity with CI/CD, Git, and Azure DevOps.

• Experience with IoT/telemetry or time-series data ingestion.

• API integration experience (REST/Webhooks).

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.

• Strong grounding in SQL, data modelling, and cloud data engineering principles.

• Understanding of UK GDPR and secure handling of PII.

• Bonus: Azure certifications (e.g., DP-203, Azure Data Engineer Associate), training in Synapse, ADLS, or Data Factory.

Skills & Knowledge

• Advanced SQL and performance optimisation.

• Strong knowledge of Azure data services and scalable ELT design.

• Understanding of APIs, ingestion patterns, and integration methods.

• Familiarity with version control (Git) and modern engineering best practices.

• Bonus: Python, Dynamics 365 data structures, lakehouse architecture, CI/CD, and IoT data processing.

Personal Attributes

• Clear communicator, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

• Practical problem-solver with an ownership mindset.

• Proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable working independently or collaboratively.

• Positive attitude and curiosity about modern cloud data engineering patterns.

📈THE ROLE

As a Data Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in building and optimising the core data platform that powers Appello’s reporting, analytics, and operational intelligence. Sitting within our dedicated data engineering team, you’ll help shape and enhance a modern Azure-based architecture centred on Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) and Azure Synapse Analytics.

Your focus will be on designing and developing scalable ELT pipelines, curated data models, and efficient SQL-based transformations that ingest, process, and standardise data from multiple business systems into governed lakehouse layers. You’ll ensure our data estate is secure, performant, and well-structured, ready to support analytical