Senior Data Engineer | Up to £800/day (Inside IR35) | Canary Wharf
Working in a large-scale data environment where the focus is less on building pipelines and more on understanding, shaping, and exposing complex datasets.
Data lands unstructured (Avro, JSON), so the role is centred around analysing data, defining modelling approaches, and translating business needs into usable outputs.
Role
Own data analysis and modelling across messy, multi-source datasets, working closely with both business stakeholders and pipeline teams.
Key focus
* Analyse unstructured data (Avro, JSON)
* Define ingestion strategies and data models
* Understand lineage and upstream dependencies
* Gather requirements and translate into data solutions
* Work with pipeline teams to deliver
* Use AWS tools (Athena, Glue, Trino) for querying and jobs
Requirements
* Strong senior data engineering background
* Experience with unstructured/semi-structured data
* Solid data modelling and SQL skills
* Comfortable working with stakeholders
* AWS data stack (Athena, Glue, Trino)
3 days/week in Canary Wharf
£800/day Inside IR35