Senior Data Engineer - Contract Role
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Outside IR35 | £500-525/day | Milton Keynes or Manchester | Hybrid | Initial 7 Months
We have a new Senior Data Engineer contract opportunity with a global leading client with offices in both Manchester and Milton Keynes.
You’ll join a high-impact team focused on rebuilding and optimising data pipelines into a Databricks Lakehouse environment, enabling clean, scalable, and high-quality data delivery for analytics and reporting.
This is outside IR35, requires 1 day per week on‑site, and offers an initial 7-month contract with an immediate start and strong potential for extension on a greenfield project.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimise data pipelines using ELT/ETL best practices.
- Migrate and transform data into a Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
- Ensure data quality, reliability, and scalability for analytics and reporting.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver robust solutions aligned with business needs.
- Support production environments and troubleshoot performance issues.
Ideal Candidate
- 7+ years in Data Engineering with strong experience in cloud‑based data platforms.
- Proven ability to design and optimise pipelines for large‑scale data processing.
- Hands‑on experience with Databricks and Azure.
- Strong stakeholder communication and problem‑solving skills.
- Databricks
- DBT
- Python
- PySpark
- SQL
Bonus: Experience in eCommerce environments.
If you are interested please apply below!