Overview

PHMG Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

The data tech stack at PHMG is modernising our offerings and how we work, creating opportunities to use data to better serve customers and colleagues. We are growing our team to unlock more value from the technology we have invested in and are looking for a Data Engineer to help grow the Data Engineering function, support the team to build effective engineering practices, and drive a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity to advance your data journey, help develop the data engineering community of practice, define data standards across the organisation, and contribute to the next phase of PHMG’s Data Strategy.

Note: This description reflects the current opportunity and does not imply any guarantees of employment.

Responsibilities

• Influence and contribute to the next phase of our data strategy.
• Play a key role in migrating data pipelines into Microsoft Fabric, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with the Data Engineering team to design and build scalable, secure, and efficient data warehouse solutions.
• Apply best practices in architecture and engineering to improve data infrastructure and delivery.
• Partner with other technical teams to promote a data-driven culture, ensuring data is at the core of decision-making across product teams and the business.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to share knowledge, evaluate opportunities, and recommend improvements across architecture, pipelines, data models and processes.

The person we are looking for will have the following experience

• Proven experience in data engineering, with a strong understanding of modern ETL/ELT frameworks and practices.
• Building and optimizing data pipelines, architectures and datasets.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience with data orchestration tools, especially Data Factory pipelines, Fabric Dataflows Gen2, or Airflow.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and Python.
• Proficiency in version control and CI/CD experience.
• Experience in data modelling for reporting and insights teams, ideally using dbt or similar tools.
• Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-have experience

• Infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Experience with Snowflake and Databricks.

The Team

The Technology Department serves as the central hub for data engineering and insights across our organization. Our department operates as a unified force, cultivating a culture that empowers analysts and engineers to excel.

PHMG’s CTO recognises that effective business intelligence is not the sole responsibility of one team but a capability that should permeate the entire organization. To achieve this, we view the data functions as an enabler of self-serve analytics, accomplished through robust data management, governance, and education initiatives. This approach ensures that business intelligence is accessible and leveraged across the organization, driving data-driven decision-making at all levels.

Why PHMG Tech?

The IT, Data & Engineering functions within PHMG have been undergoing a digital transformation, changing how we deliver value to our business. A big part of this change is fostering a culture of openness, collaboration, psychological safety, and having fun.

We want to create a place for teams to do their best work, and you will have the opportunity to influence decisions, help define standards across the teams, and contribute to a healthy and happy working environment.

About PHMG

Established in 1998, PHMG has grown from a Manchester-based business to the world’s leading audio branding agency, working with 36,000 clients in 54 countries. Our client list includes Samsung, Audi and Adidas, as well as SMEs across the global market. We deliver stellar productions that combine creative copy, world-class voice artistry and a unique Brand-Sound-Track to strengthen business identity.