Senior Data Engineer - Contract Role

La Fosse
Milton Keynes
3 weeks ago
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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!


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