Haystack

Data Engineer

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This role is for a Data Engineer with a 6-month contract, offering £450-£451 per day. Candidates must have advanced SQL skills, GCP and BigQuery experience, and a strong background in Dimensional Modelling. Hybrid work available in London, Birmingham, or Bristol.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
451
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🗓️ - Date
March 18, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Inside IR35
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London, England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#BigQuery #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Data Warehouse #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Data Profiling #Cloud #Datasets #Data Engineering #Data Science #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Looker #SQL (Structured Query Language) #BI (Business Intelligence) #Dimensional Modelling #Scala
Role description
We're working with a global leader in telecommunications and digital connectivity on this exciting opportunity. Shape the future of commercial intelligence by building high-performance analytical data models within a cutting-edge Google Cloud Platform ecosystem. This is a pure Analytics Engineering play where you will bypass the plumbing of ingestion to focus on crafting the sophisticated SQL transformations and star schemas that drive self-service BI for millions of subscribers. The Role • Design and implement scalable, production-grade analytical data models in Google BigQuery to power business-critical reporting. • Engineer complex SQL transformations that convert raw architectural data into trusted, analytics-ready assets and reusable metric layers. • Profile and interrogate complex datasets to translate intricate commercial questions into well-structured, performant data structures. • Collaborate with Data Scientists and Visualisation Developers to define consistent business metrics across the entire marketing and commercial landscape. • Optimise cloud data warehouse performance, ensuring that all analytical models are maintainable, scalable, and lightning-fast. What You'll Need • Advanced SQL Engineering expert-level skills with a proven track record of building complex analytical transformations. • Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and BigQuery is highly preferred for this environment. • Strong background in Dimensional Modelling, including Star Schemas, denormalised tables, and semantic layer design (e.g., Looker/LookML). • Proficiency in Data Profiling and Analysis with the ability to interpret business meaning from unstructured source data. • Immediate availability to start by April 1st and ability to work in a hybrid capacity (3 days onsite) in London, Birmingham, or Bristol. What's On Offer • Competitive day rate of £450 - £451 (Inside IR35). • 6-month initial contract with high-impact visibility across commercial and marketing departments. • Flexible hybrid working model at state-of-the-art offices in London (One Braham), Birmingham, or Bristol. • The chance to work at the forefront of AI-enabled analytics and modern data workflows in a massive-scale subscription environment. Apply via Haystack today!