About this role
Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year
Requirements: Strong hands-on experience across Azure DatabricksStrong hands-on experience across Azure Data FactoryStrong hands-on experience across Spark / PySparkAdvanced SQL and performance optimisation experienceExperience with CI/CD and Azure DevOpsExperience with Delta Lake and medallion architectureExperience with Unity CatalogExperience with data governance and orchestrationExperience with API-based data ingestionExperience working with high-volume operational, IoT or telemetry data is particularly valuableExperience at Senior or Lead Data Engineer levelAbility to work autonomously and hit the ground running Responsibilities: Design and improve engineering patterns across Azure Databricks and Azure Data FactoryDrive performance and optimisation across caching, indexing, partitioning and costReview code and act as a technical quality gateImprove DevOps practices across CI/CD, environment promotion, branching and release managementIdentify opportunities to automate repetitive engineering processesWork with advanced SQL across existing engineering patternsSupport data quality, governance and orchestrationWork closely with data engineering, analytics, data science and platform teamsHelp establish consistent engineering standards across the wider serviceQuickly understand an established data estate and identify opportunities for improvementProvide immediate technical leadership across the data engineering function Technologies: APIAzureCI/CDDatabricksDevOpsIoTSupportPySparkSQLSparkUnityCloudGameDev More:
We are a large, complex global organisation offering a senior hands-on contract role for an experienced Senior Data Engineer. This is a London hybrid position with one day per week onsite, a 3–6 month duration, inside IR35, and an ASAP start. We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and identities. If this role sounds interesting but you do not meet every requirement, we would still encourage you to apply.
last updated 40 week of 2026