A bit about us

At Waterstons, we don’t just build technology—we create meaningful business transformations. With a global presence spanning the UK and Australia, we partner with businesses to unlock their full potential through innovative solutions.

Our clients tell us our people are our greatest strength, and who are we to disagree? That’s why we invest in our team with unlimited holidays, flexible working, and private healthcare—because we believe the best work happens when people feel valued.

Did we also mention that we’ve been awarded Gold Investors in People for a fourth consecutive time?

What You’ll Be Doing

Design and deliver modern data solutions that genuinely help clients unlock value from their data. Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, shape smart technical approaches, and build secure, scalable pipelines and platforms. Play an active role in mentoring junior colleagues, sharing ideas, and constructively challenging thinking, all while contributing to a supportive, curious and collaborative Data and AI team.

Bring curiosity, fresh ideas and confidence in talking about data in a way that helps clients see the value and possibility in what we build together.

Your Day-to-Day

• Understanding clients' requirements
• Working in technologies like Databricks and Fabric to create efficient pipelines for extracting, transforming and sharing clients' data in a secure and governed way
• Working as part of a project team, including leading appropriately sized projects
• Supporting junior colleagues and sharing knowledge with client teams
• Enhancing our solution framework
• Contributing to team meetings and seeking out opportunities for continuous improvement in how we design and deliver our solutions

What we're looking for

If some (or most) of the following sound like you, we'd love to hear from you:

• Comfortable working with modern data architectures such as Lakehouse
• Understanding of Python, SQL, Databricks. Azure preferred.
• Experience building and optimising ETL or ELT pipelines
• Knowledge of Spark and Delta Lake for data processing and performance tuning
• Familiarity with dimensional modelling and tools like Power BI would be a bonus
• A curious mindset, a willingness to challenge thinking, and confidence in communicating with clients about data will stand out here.

How We Take Care of You

As well as offering a competitive salary, we have an attractive benefits package including:

• A healthy work life balance with flexible and agile working being the norm
• Unlimited holiday allowance
• EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Room to grow with supported development opportunities and sponsored training
• Enhanced family policies
• If you ever need it, company sick pay and life assurance
• Supported wellbeing with regular initiatives, an employee assistance programme and private medical insurance
• Flexible benefits such as a dental scheme, eye care support, season ticket loan and cycle to work
• We require a security check to be carried out on all colleagues due to the nature of some of our clients’ industries.

Waterstons is committed to creating and an inclusive, understanding, and flexible place to work. We value diversity, equality and inclusion and encourage everyone to 'bring their whole selves' to work. We believe that a company that works to truly embrace and value diversity, create an environment where everyone from any background can do their best work, and feel valued and appreciated is a better company to work for.

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