Data Engineer – Modern Data & AI Platforms

Templeton & Partners - Innovative & Inclusive Hiring Solutions
City of London
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Data Engineer – Modern Data & AI Platforms

London (Hybrid 2 days) | Contract/Permanent | 🌍 Global Consulting Environment

Build the data foundations behind AI, automation, and real-world impact.

We’re hiring a Data Engineer to join a fast-growing digital and data practice working with a major global enterprise client operating across energy, manufacturing, chemicals, infrastructure, automotive, and commodities.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll design and run the data systems that power analytics, automation, and AI-driven solutions — working alongside consultants, analysts, and data scientists in a true delivery-focused environment.

No prior experience with our specific data platform is required. If you’re a strong engineer who enjoys learning new tools and solving real business problems with data, we’ll get you there.

🌟 What you’ll be doing

  • Designing and building robust, automated data pipelines on a modern cloud data platform
  • Transforming and integrating data from multiple sources — databases, APIs, files, and unstructured formats
  • Owning and improving existing data solutions: monitoring, debugging, enhancing, and scaling them
  • Developing back-end logic, APIs, and data services that support analytics and AI use cases
  • Preparing high-quality datasets for dashboards, advanced analytics, and machine learning
  • Collaborating closely with consultants, analysts, and data scientists to deliver end-to-end solutions
  • Contributing to proofs of concept, client roadmaps, and technical proposals
  • Supporting data governance, security, and best practices
  • Mentoring junior engineers and sharing knowledge across the team

🌟 Essential experience

  • 3+ years working as a Data Engineer or in a similar data-focused engineering role
  • Strong Python and SQL skills
  • Experience building and orchestrating data pipelines (Airflow or similar tools)
  • Hands-on work with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
  • Solid understanding of databases, data warehouses, and data lakes
  • Experience integrating systems via APIs and back-end services
  • Comfortable working with version control and CI/CD workflows
  • Confident communicator with business-level English

Nice to have (but not required)

  • Exposure to analytics or AI-driven solutions
  • Experience working with unstructured data (text, PDFs, web data)
  • Familiarity with web frameworks or lightweight front ends
  • Power BI, data visualisation, or analytics modelling experience
  • Awareness of machine learning, LLMs, or vector databases
  • Agile delivery experience or consulting background

🌟 Why join?

  • Work with a global consulting organisation delivering data solutions at scale
  • Exposure to enterprise-grade data and AI platforms
  • A role that blends deep engineering with real business impact
  • Ongoing training and support to learn new tools and technologies
  • Clear progression toward Senior Data Engineer and beyond
  • Collaborative, international team environment

🌟 Who this role is perfect for

  • Data Engineers who enjoy building things that actually get used
  • Engineers ready to step into a broader, more impactful role
  • Professionals curious about AI, automation, and modern data platforms
  • People who like combining technical depth with client-facing problem solving

🌟 Interested?

Apply now with your latest CV showing all your relevant experience and email your CV with daily/rate/salary expectations, availability to interview and start

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