Contract Details
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.
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Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Information Services
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