Data Engineer

About Unity Advisory

Unity Advisory is a new-generation professional services firm built for an AI-enabled world. We operate a lean, conflict-free, and client-centric model that integrates advanced technology and AI into every workstream.

With no audit practice, we are free from traditional conflicts and legacy silos. This allows us to move faster, collaborate openly, and focus entirely on creating value for clients. Our flat structure and collaborative culture empower exceptional people to deliver exceptional work.

We combine deep advisory expertise with cutting-edge data, AI, and commercial insight to help clients navigate complex challenges faster, smarter, and with greater clarity. At Unity, we are redefining how expert advisory is delivered—one innovative engagement at a time.

The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and commercially aware Data Engineer to join Unity Advisory in an internal-facing role, working on our Core Internal AI & Data Platform.

This is a senior, hands-on engineering position responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable data foundations that enable analytics, AI use cases, and data-driven decision-making across the firm. You will play a critical role in ensuring data is reliable, well-modelled, governed, and easily accessible for internal teams.

While this role will initially operate in a hands-on capacity, there is a clear opportunity to help shape data standards, influence platform direction, and contribute to the build-out of a data team as the function scales.

What You’ll Do

The working environment at Unity Advisory is fast-paced and evolving. You will be involved in some or all of the following:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, warehouses, and transformation layers that support analytics and AI workloads.

• Develop robust data models and semantic layers using Snowflake and AWS RDS to ensure trusted, analytics-ready data.

• Implement and maintain modern data stacks across warehousing, ingestion, and orchestration tools.

• Optimise data tracking and collection frameworks, with a focus on high-quality first-party data strategies.

• Embed best practices around data quality, testing, observability, documentation, and reliability.

• Support governance and compliance requirements, including GDPR, cookies, and internal data standards.

• Deliver efficiency gains through automation, improved data workflows, and thoughtful technology choices.

• Collaborate closely with AI engineers, full stack engineers, and platform leads to support advanced analytics and AI/ML experimentation.

• Contribute to the evolution of Unity Advisory’s internal data platform architecture and standards.

What You Bring

• 7+ years’ experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or closely related roles.

• Strong hands-on expertise across:

  • Data Modelling & Transformation: SQL, Python

  • Warehousing & ETL: Snowflake, BigQuery, Fivetran, Airbyte, Snowpipe

  • BI & Analytics Enablement: Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, hex.tech, Streamlit

  • Cloud Platforms: AWS and/or Google Cloud

• Solid understanding of data architecture, pipeline design, and performance optimisation.

• Experience implementing data governance, quality, and compliance controls in production environments.

• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to understand how data supports business outcomes.

• Proven ability to work autonomously and own data systems end-to-end.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-growth, entrepreneurial environment with evolving requirements.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to AI/ML workflows and experimentation.

• Experience working on internal data platforms or shared data products.

• Background in professional services, advisory, or project-based environments.

• Experience helping scale data capabilities from early-stage foundations.

Working at Unity Advisory

A truly hybrid and flexible working environment. We offer the opportunity to be at the forefront of AI-driven advisory services. You’ll be part of a high-impact finance function, empowered to shape how we scale our systems and processes. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing business and accelerate your finance career.

Additional Information

At Unity Advisory, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we will accommodate any suitable candidate requiring assistance to attend or conduct an interview. If you need any adjustments or support, please let us know when either scheduling your interview or in your application cover letter. We are dedicated to ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are here to support you throughout the process.

PLEASE NOTE: We do not accept unsolicited CVs from third-party agencies.