Job Title: Contract Data Engineer (Banking Experience Required)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Day Rate: £550–£600 per day (Outside IR35 – subject to assessment)
Contract Length: 6 months initial (extensions likely)
Overview
Chapman Tate are looking for an experienced Contract Data Engineer with a strong background in banking or financial services to support a range of high-priority data initiatives. You will play a key role in delivering scalable data solutions, enabling regulatory reporting, and improving data architecture across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
* Integrate and transform large volumes of financial data from multiple sources
* Work closely with stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams
* Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance
* Contribute to data platform enhancements and cloud migration projects
* Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in a fast-paced environment
Required Skills & Experience
* Proven track record as a Data Engineer within banking or financial services (essential)
* Strong SQL and Python (or equivalent) development skills
* Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery)
* Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
* Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing, and pipeline design
* Experience supporting regulatory or risk-related data workflows
Desirable Experience
* Exposure to real-time/streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka)
* Experience in large-scale data transformation or migration programmes
* Familiarity with CI/CD, DataOps, or DevOps practices
If you’re a contract Data Engineer with banking experience available in the next two weeks, please apply with your latest CV