Senior Data Engineer Contract Role
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.
Tech Stack Required:
• Databricks
• DBT
• Python
• PySpark
• SQL
• Azure
Bonus: Experience in eCommerce environments.
If you are interested please apply below!
