Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

📍 Leeds or Manchester ¦ Hybrid ¦ Cox Automotive

Build the data platform powering the future of automotive

At Cox Automotive, data is at the heart of everything we do — from how vehicles are bought and sold, to how we help dealers, OEMs and partners make smarter decisions every day.

We’re now looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Product & Technology Group (CAPTG) and help evolve our enterprise-wide data platform — the single source of truth that supports analytics, reporting, data science and decision-making across Cox Automotive Europe.

If you enjoy building modern, cloud-native data platforms at scale and want your work to have real business impact, this is a role where you’ll thrive.

What you’ll be working on

You’ll be part of a highly skilled Data Engineering team responsible for designing, building and running a strategic data platform that underpins everything we do with data.

You’ll work on things like:

• Designing and building robust, scalable data pipelines that ingest and transform data from multiple systems

• Delivering high-quality, trusted data that powers analytics, reporting and data science

• Building and operating pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark and SQL

• Working with streaming and event-driven data (Auto Loader, Structured Streaming, Event Hubs)

• Helping shape the architecture and roadmap of our enterprise data platform

• Improving data quality, monitoring and reliability through automation and best practices

• Collaborating with software engineers, data scientists and product teams to deliver real business value

This is not a maintenance role — you’ll be helping to build and evolve a platform designed to support Cox Automotive for years to come.

The tech you’ll use

We’re cloud-native and focused on using managed services so our engineers can focus on solving problems, not running infrastructure.

You’ll work with:

• Azure Databricks (ELT pipelines, Auto Loader, Structured Streaming, Unity Catalog)

• Python, PySpark and SQL

• Azure (Event Hubs, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, networking & security)

• CI/CD using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub

• Modern data architectures (lakehouse, distributed systems, cloud-native design)

If you also have experience with AWS, Terraform, MLflow or advanced data modelling, that’s a big plus.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who enjoys owning data solutions end-to-end and wants to work on a platform that really matters to the business.

You’ll bring:

• Experience building and running large-scale data pipelines

• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational data

• Python and Spark (PySpark) for data processing

• Experience using Databricks in production

• A solid understanding of cloud data platforms and distributed systems

• A mindset focused on quality, reliability and performance

Just as important, you’ll be someone who:

• Communicates well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Enjoys collaborating across teams

• Takes ownership, spots problems early and drives them to resolution

• Likes mentoring and raising the bar for those around them

Why join Cox Automotive?

Cox Automotive is a global leader in automotive services and technology — but we operate with the pace and mindset of a modern tech company.

Here you’ll get:

• The chance to work on a strategic, enterprise-scale data platform

• Modern, cloud-native tooling and real engineering challenges

• A collaborative, supportive team culture

• The opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction

• The stability of a global business with the innovation of a tech organisation

Ready to build something that matters?

If you’re a Senior Data Engineer who wants to work on a platform that genuinely powers the business — not just another dashboard — we’d love to hear from you.