Data Engineer
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This role is for a Data Engineer on a 6-month contract, paying £450-£480/day, hybrid in London. Key skills include Snowflake, SQL, and Python. Experience in data modeling, architecture design, and greenfield builds is essential.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
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🗓️ - Date discovered
September 23, 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
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Version Control #DevOps #GIT #Power Automate #Snowflake #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Terraform #Data Warehouse #Azure #Scala #Storage #Python #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #dbt (data build tool) #Data Engineering #Azure DevOps
Role description
Contract Data Engineer
£450-£480/day Outside IR35
6 Months
Hybrid (London)
A leading infrastructure investment firm is rebuilding its data platform from the ground up, starting with a greenfield Snowflake data warehouse on Azure. Backed by strong C-suite support, this is a unique opportunity to help shape a major transformation from day one. You'll work alongside the Lead Data Engineer to evolve the back-end stack in line with business needs, modern engineering standards, and architectural best practices. THE ROLE:
As Data Engineer, you will:
• Support the Lead Data Engineer in driving development of the back-end stack.
• Own key elements of the Snowflake data warehouse build (greenfield project).
• Work closely with a consultant architect to implement a scalable, secure data platform.
• Engage with senior business stakeholders including COO, CFO, and Head of FP&A.
• Design robust ingestion pipelines, transformation logic, and QA frameworks.
• Potentially manage and mentor a junior engineer over time.
• Document architecture and development workflows. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
You'll need:
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, SQL, and Python.
• Version control and collaboration using Git.
• Proven background in data modelling and architecture design.
Nice to have:
• Experience with Azure services (e.g., App registration, Storage Accounts).
• Familiarity with Terraform (especially Snowflake provider), DBT, Power Automate, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or others).
• Experience working on greenfield builds.
• Asset management experience.
Contract Data Engineer
£450-£480/day Outside IR35
6 Months
Hybrid (London)
A leading infrastructure investment firm is rebuilding its data platform from the ground up, starting with a greenfield Snowflake data warehouse on Azure. Backed by strong C-suite support, this is a unique opportunity to help shape a major transformation from day one. You'll work alongside the Lead Data Engineer to evolve the back-end stack in line with business needs, modern engineering standards, and architectural best practices. THE ROLE:
As Data Engineer, you will:
• Support the Lead Data Engineer in driving development of the back-end stack.
• Own key elements of the Snowflake data warehouse build (greenfield project).
• Work closely with a consultant architect to implement a scalable, secure data platform.
• Engage with senior business stakeholders including COO, CFO, and Head of FP&A.
• Design robust ingestion pipelines, transformation logic, and QA frameworks.
• Potentially manage and mentor a junior engineer over time.
• Document architecture and development workflows. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
You'll need:
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, SQL, and Python.
• Version control and collaboration using Git.
• Proven background in data modelling and architecture design.
Nice to have:
• Experience with Azure services (e.g., App registration, Storage Accounts).
• Familiarity with Terraform (especially Snowflake provider), DBT, Power Automate, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or others).
• Experience working on greenfield builds.
• Asset management experience.
