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You’ll have the opportunity to influence how these platforms are engineered, automated, operated and introduce new technologies such as AI and help define the standards that support their effective use.\nThis is a senior engineering role for someone who combines deep expertise with curiosity and a strong service mindset. We don’t expect you to be an expert in every technology. We’re looking for deep expertise in one or more of Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, PostgreSQL combined with the appetite to broaden your expertise, solve complex problems and help other engineers develop.\nResponsibilities\nAct as a senior technical contributor across data platform services, providing engineering leadership and trusted technical guidance within your areas of expertise \nHelp shape the technical direction of the data platform estate, identifying where engineering approaches, tooling or platform capabilities should evolve and addressing technical debt where simplification will improve reliability, supportability and long-term sustainability. \nActively use and promote AI to improve engineering productivity, automation, problem solving, and service quality. \nDesign, implement, and continually improve secure, scalable, and resilient data platform solutions. \nTake technical ownership of platform products and services throughout their lifecycle, including deployment, configuration, patching, upgrades, capacity, and performance. \nDevelop and maintain engineering standards, principles, patterns, operational procedures and technical documentation that support consistent and safe delivery. \nProvide technical leadership for availability, resilience, backup, recovery and disaster-recovery arrangements, including regular validation that recovery capabilities work as intended. \nMonitor platform health, availability, performance and capacity, identify risks and drive preventative and corrective measures. \nLead or contribute to the diagnosis of complex incidents and recurring problems, ensuring root causes are understood and corrective actions implemented. \nDesign and improve automation, Infrastructure as Code and related engineering practices to reduce manual effort, improve repeatability and increase service quality. \nWork with customers to understand technical requirements and consumption patterns, helping them select and use appropriate data platform products and services effectively. \nEvaluate new and existing data platform technologies and tooling. \nMentor and coach engineers, share knowledge and reduce dependency on individual subject-matter experts through documentation, pairing and cross-skilling. \nWork effectively with technology vendors and external support providers. \nParticipate in appropriate on-call or out-of-hours support arrangements where required for critical services. \nWhat success looks like\nData platform services are secure, resilient, performant and well engineered, with clear technical ownership across their lifecycle. \nEngineering standards, patterns and technical direction support consistent, maintainable and safe delivery across the platform estate. \nComplex incidents, recurring problems and technical debt are addressed effectively, with root causes understood and simplification used to improve reliability and supportability. \nAutomation, Infrastructure as Code and appropriate use of AI reduce manual effort, improve repeatability and strengthen engineering productivity and service quality. \nEngineers across the team build greater capability through effective technical leadership, mentoring, documentation, and knowledge sharing. \nYour knowledge and experience\nSignificant experience engineering, administering or developing enterprise data platform technologies in production environments. \nDeep technical expertise in one or more relevant platforms, such as Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake or PostgreSQL, with the ability and willingness to develop capability across a broader and evolving platform estate. \nStrong understanding of data platform architecture, performance, capacity, availability, resilience, backup, and disaster recovery. \nExperience diagnosing complex technical and performance problems and using evidence to identify root cause and appropriate remediation. \nExperience applying security principles to data platforms, including authentication, authorisation, privileged access, encryption and data protection. \nExperience with automation and scripting, using technologies such as PowerShell, Python, Shell or equivalent, together with source control, CI/CD and automated deployment or configuration practices. \nExperience working with cloud infrastructure or managed data services, preferably Azure or another major cloud platform and an understanding of dependencies such as compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring and observability. \nAbility to communicate complex technical issues, options, risks and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. \nExperience providing technical leadership, mentoring or coaching engineers without relying on formal line-management authority. \nExperience defining or improving engineering standards, patterns and practices to support consistent, secure and maintainable platform delivery. \nYou will bring a strong service mindset and consider how technical decisions affect the reliability, usability and supportability of the platforms customers depend on. \nThe Type of Candidate We’re Looking For\nWe’re looking for an experienced engineer who combines strong technical depth with sound engineering judgement and curiosity. You will be comfortable making pragmatic decisions in complex or ambiguous situations, using evidence to understand problems and constructively challenging established approaches when there is a better way.\nYou should enjoy working across technology disciplines rather than within narrow technical boundaries, building trusted relationships with colleagues, customers, and technology partners. You will be able to explain complex technical subjects clearly, listen to different perspectives, and turn those perspectives into practical engineering decisions and improvements.\nYou will enjoy sharing knowledge and enabling others to succeed, while remaining curious and continuing to develop as the data platform estate evolves.\nCritical skills\nSystems Thinking \nImprovement Mindset \nEnabling Others \nTeam Working \nAdaptability \nClosing Date\nNovember 18, 2026Should you choose to use AI tools to support your application, we ask that you do this thoughtfully. We encourage you to ensure your application reflects your own voice, experience, and motivations. We value authenticity and want to understand your individual strengths and perspectives.\nAt Baillie Gifford, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful culture in which each of our colleagues can thrive and develop. 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