AWS Data Engineer (AI-Assisted Development)

Agent-Directed Data Engineer Up to £475/day | Inside IR35 (Umbrella) | 3 Months Initial | Hybrid – 3 days onsite in Aldgate, London We're partnering with a leading consultancy delivering a major data transformation programme for a UK telecommunications client. They're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to design and deliver cloud-native data pipelines using AI-assisted development tools, helping accelerate the delivery of production-ready data solutions on AWS. Key experience required: • Strong Data Engineering background with production ETL/ELT pipeline development • AWS services including Glue, EMR, Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Aurora, MSK/Kafka and Apache Iceberg • Strong SQL and PySpark skills • Experience designing data pipelines, transformations and data quality processes • Ability to review and validate AI-generated code using tools such as Kiro, GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or AWS CDK) and CI/CD experience • Telecoms, network operations or large-scale operational data experience is highly desirable This is a fantastic opportunity to work on an innovative programme combining modern AWS data engineering with AI-assisted software delivery, with strong potential for contract extension.