

Contract Data Engineer | Investment Management
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This role is for a Contract Data Engineer in Investment Management, offering £750/day for a 12-month rolling contract, hybrid in London. Key skills include Python, Databricks, and Azure. Financial services experience is essential, particularly in investment or asset management.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
750
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🗓️ - Date discovered
June 12, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location type
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract type
Outside IR35
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🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Azure #Databricks #Scala #Cloud #Data Analysis #Data Engineering #Delta Lake #DevOps #Azure DevOps #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Version Control #Spark (Apache Spark) #Python #Data Lake #Data Governance #Data Pipeline #GIT
Role description
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📍 London / Hybrid | 💷 £750/day | 🗓 12-Month Rolling | ✅ Outside IR35
Our client, a leading Investment Management firm, is looking for a contract Data Engineer with strong Python and Databricks skills to help drive their data platform modernisation.
You’ll be working on business-critical data pipelines and analytics infrastructure, supporting both investment and operations teams. This is a hands-on role in a fast-moving environment, ideal for someone who thrives in financial services.
What you’ll be doing:
• Building scalable data pipelines in Python and Databricks
• Designing data models to support analytics, reporting & regulatory needs
• Working with cloud-based data platforms (Azure preferred)
• Partnering closely with data analysts, quants, and tech teams
Tech you’ll be using:
• Python (strong hands-on coding essential)
• Databricks / Spark
• Azure Data Lake / Delta Lake
• SQL / ETL frameworks
• CI/CD tools and version control (Git, Azure DevOps)
What we’re looking for:
• Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer
• Deep Python and Spark/Databricks expertise
• Financial services experience — ideally investment or asset management
• Comfortable working in a cloud-first, fast-paced delivery environment
• Good understanding of data governance and regulatory data needs (nice to have)
📌 £750/day | Outside IR35 | 12-month rolling | Hybrid (London)
🔗 DM me or apply to find out more.