Integrate data and scale with data engineering
Connecting enterprise data effectively starts with strong foundations. Our data engineering services are designed to build robust data pipelines, unify and enrich information from multiple sources, and deliver scalable cloud infrastructure. This helps ensure your data flows cleanly, consistently, and reliably across your organisation.
Building the foundations for scalable, secure data systems
It goes beyond just linking databases. Data engineering is about building modern data infrastructure that enables secure, efficient data movement while scaling to handle growing volumes of data and complexity.
With our expertise in data pipeline development, data preparation and transformation services, and seamless data integration, we ensure your systems can grow with your business accommodating more users, more data sources, and more complex analytics workloads without constant rework.
Whether you are:
- Migrating from legacy systems to cloud platforms
- Integrating cloud-native tools and services
- Or unifying siloed data across departments
It all starts with strong foundations: resilient data pipelines, standardised formats, and a scalable, secure cloud architecture built for long-term agility and growth.
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How we engineer for long-term data optimisation
To achieve consistent, secure, and efficient data flow across your organisation, everything starts with an integrated approach to designing modern data infrastructure.
While robust, scalable data pipelines form the backbone of this infrastructure by moving data from various sources - structured or unstructured - securely and efficiently, a reliable system also includes:
- Scalable storage for fast, reliable access as data grows
- Integration and orchestration to unify platforms and automate workflows
- Governance and metadata management for quality, compliance, and discoverability
- Built-in security at every layer to protect sensitive data
- Cloud-native architecture for elasticity, resilience, and cost efficiency
Our data engineers design and implement data pipelines that are:
- Resilient to scale across increasing workloads
- Optimised for real-time or batch data processing
- Designed for observability and proactive error handling
- Ready for cloud-native deployment across modern platforms
Explore below how our each of our data transformation, engineering, integration, and migration services help build you an infrastructure that can evolve with your business to deliver reliability, performance, and agility.
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Services to improve your data infrastructure
Transform your data for insight
We reshape, standardise, and enrich both structured and unstructured data, resolving quality issues and converting legacy formats to modern, cloud-compatible standards.
Our solutions help create a consistent, single view of your data, enabling accurate reporting and confident decision-making.
Leveraging advanced ETL processes and technologies like Hadoop, Spark, SQL, and Python, we build scalable, automated data pipelines tailored to your infrastructure.
Whether preparing data for dashboards, predictive models, or cloud migration, our service improves data quality, reduces duplication, and supports your organisation’s digital transformation and data-led strategies.
Break down data silos and unify your organisation’s data
We combine structured and unstructured data from multiple, disparate systems into a single, consistent view, enabling smarter analytics, improved service delivery, and better decision-making.
Using industry best practices and data catalogues, we build scalable, secure data workflows that support both real-time and batch processing.
Our service supports seamless integration across legacy and modern platforms, with automation, metadata management, and data lineage tracking to ensure data accuracy and compliance.
Whether deployed on-premise or in the cloud, our data integration solutions are tailored to your business needs, so you can unlock the full value of your data.
Move data accurately, securely and with minimal disruption
We specialise in migrating sensitive data and analytical models from legacy systems to modern platforms, preserving data integrity and consistency throughout the process.
Our comprehensive data migration approach includes legacy system analysis, detailed source-to-target mapping, and advanced data transformation to meet your unique business rules.
We implement rigorous testing, parallel running for minimal downtime, and provide post-migration support to ensure smooth decommissioning of legacy systems.
Our consultants help you reduce risks, improve data quality, and accelerate your transition to scalable, future-proof data infrastructure.
Take a critical step in digital transformation by adopting cloud infrastructure
We guide public sector and enterprise clients through the complexities of cloud frameworks, ensuring a smooth transition to cost-effective, compliant, and high-performance cloud environments.
Our specialists provide end-to-end support, from legacy system analysis and platform selection to strategic migration planning and secure infrastructure deployment, whilst helping optimise costs, ensure compliance, and implement robust disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
Whether you’re adopting SAS Viya, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or other cloud-based solutions, we tailor scalable cloud strategies to meet your organisation’s specific needs.
Benefits of modernising data infrastructure
Implement a data ecosystem built for long-term success
Grow and adapt as your business evolves with a scalable and secure data infrastructure.
Spend less time fixing or finding data
Eliminate errors and break down silos to save your team valuable time in finding the right data.
Accelerate insights with ready-to-use, prepared data
Consistently transform and prepare your data to power advanced analytics and generate faster, more accurate reports.
Work better together with shared data sources
Foster collaboration and improve decision-making across departments with unified and accessible data.
Enhance data security and compliance
Move away from legacy risks with secure, cloud-native environments that embed compliance controls and protect data.
Reduce costs with cloud and data efficiency
Lower operational expenses with optimised cloud infrastructure, combined with automated workflows.
Fuel AI and predictive intelligence
Enable machine learning, automation and predictive analytics with integrated data.
Accelerate digital transformation initiatives
Modernise your technology landscape quickly and efficiently through expert data engineering and cloud adoption services.
Success stories
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Want to work with us?
Explore some of our most frequently asked questions to understand how we deliver agile data management solutions that transform data into strategic value for both public and private sector organisations.
What are the benefits of working with Butterfly Data?
Butterfly Data delivers agile end-to-end data management solutions that turn complex data ecosystems into strategic assets. As a B-Corp certified, employee-owned consultancy with over 20 years of experience, we combine the deep technical expertise of a large firm with the flexibility, cost-efficiency, and ethical practices of a specialised team.
From helping to build your data foundation to innovating artificial intelligence applications, we enable organisations to drive decision-making, reduce risk, and accelerate outcomes through secure, scalable, and compliant data services.
How do I choose the right data service for my organisation?
We assess your current data maturity, business needs, and technology landscape to recommend services that fit your goals. Whether you're managing data quality, migrating to the cloud, or adopting AI, our consultants guide you through the right solution.
With experience in mission-critical public sector data projects and a growing footprint in healthcare, defence, financial services, and utilities, our consultancy adapts to your challenges, both large or small.
Can your data services integrate with our existing platforms?
Yes. Our solutions are designed for seamless integration with legacy systems, cloud platforms, and third-party tools. We work with a broad ecosystem of technology vendors to ensure compatibility and interoperability, to maximise value from your existing investments.
What industries do you support with data-driven services?
We serve both public and private sector organisations, with a proven track record delivering critical data projects for government departments. We also have experience across healthcare, defence, financial services, and utilities, where we have helped clients leverage their data for decision making and strategic transformation.
No matter the industry, our flexible team develops secure, compliant solutions that create meaningful outcomes for our clients’ organisations.
What makes our team and values different?
We’re proud to be an employee-owned, inclusive consultancy where every team member is invested in your success. Our diverse team includes professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, including women in tech, veterans, and ethnic minorities, and we actively champion equity, wellbeing, and sustainability.
We are also a proud B-Corp and supporters of the 1% Pledge. Our culture blends technical excellence with purpose, allowing us to deliver high-quality solutions while staying true to our values.
Still have questions?
Our experts are here to help you solve your data challenges – great and small.
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