Remote Senior Data Engineer - Contract Opportunity

🚀 Remote Senior Data Engineer - Contract Opportunity

Role & Logistics

• Role: Senior Data Engineer (Databricks Focus)
• Company: Global Technology Platform
• Location: UK Remote
• Contract Duration: 6 Months (multi-year scope)
• Status: Outside IR35
• Rate: Competitive Day Rate

The Project

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer to lead the hands-on delivery of core data infrastructure for a critical, 6-month project. You will play a key role in designing and implementing scalable data solutions at the center of our technology platform.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Design, architect, and implement robust, end-to-end data pipelines (batch and streaming).
• Drive the adoption of modern data engineering practices within the project scope.
• Act as a senior technical leader, providing guidance, mentorship, and code reviews to the engineering team.
• Ensure rigorous engineering discipline, including CI/CD, testing, and monitoring standards are implemented and maintained.
• Own data workflows from ingestion through transformation, quality assurance, modeling, and delivery to downstream systems.

Essential Technical Requirements

• 5+ years proven experience in a Data Engineering role, building production-ready pipelines.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Databricks (PySpark/SparkSQL) environments (2+ years desirable).
• Expert proficiency in Python and SQL development.
• Experience using Databricks.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Prior experience in a senior contributor capacity, providing technical direction and oversight.
• Experience with data modeling, data lakes/warehouses, and performance tuning is highly desirable.

How to Apply

Interviews are starting immediately. Please apply here.