Robert Half
Data Engineer
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This role is a Data Engineer position on a 12-month contract, offering a daily rate based on experience. Location is hybrid in London. Key skills include SQL, Python, Snowflake, and data pipeline development. Experience in data quality assurance is required.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
April 30, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Fixed Term
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Python #Data Quality #Data Pipeline #Datasets #Version Control #Deployment #Snowflake #Data Engineering #Airflow #Data Warehouse #Cloud #dbt (data build tool) #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Logging #Quality Assurance #Scala #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Data Ingestion
Role description
Robert Half Technology are assisting a pharmaceutical procurement business to recruit a Data Engineer on a contract basis. Hybrid working - London based.
Role
• The Data Engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines to support business operations and analytics.
• Work across the development lifecycle from prototyping through to production deployment and ongoing support.
• Build and optimise data ingestion and transformation pipelines using technologies such as SQL, Python, Snowflake, DBT, and APIs.
• Collaborate with analytics and business teams to deliver high-quality datasets for reporting, insights, and decision-making.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance, particularly when handling sensitive data.
• Implement best practices including logging, testing, and CI/CD processes.
• Support and monitor the production data warehouse, resolving issues and communicating effectively with stakeholders.
• Contribute to process improvements to reduce errors and enhance efficiency.
• Stay up to date with emerging data engineering tools and practices.
Profile
• The Data Engineer will have strong experience building and maintaining data pipelines in a modern data environment.
• Advanced SQL skills and solid experience with Python.
• Experience with cloud data warehouse technologies (e.g. Snowflake or similar).
• Familiarity with structured development environments, including version control, peer review, and CI/CD.
• Experience with data testing and data quality assurance.
• Understanding of data modelling and data warehousing concepts (Kimball/Inmon beneficial).
• Experience with DBT and/or Airflow is highly desirable.
• Experience working with APIs and integrating multiple data sources.
• Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
Company
• Pharmaceutical procurement business
• London based
• Hybrid working (1 day per week on site required)
Salary & Benefits
The daily rate is dependent upon your experience, qualifications, or training.
Additional Information
• 12-month contract
• ASAP start
Robert Half Technology are assisting a pharmaceutical procurement business to recruit a Data Engineer on a contract basis. Hybrid working - London based.
Role
• The Data Engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines to support business operations and analytics.
• Work across the development lifecycle from prototyping through to production deployment and ongoing support.
• Build and optimise data ingestion and transformation pipelines using technologies such as SQL, Python, Snowflake, DBT, and APIs.
• Collaborate with analytics and business teams to deliver high-quality datasets for reporting, insights, and decision-making.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance, particularly when handling sensitive data.
• Implement best practices including logging, testing, and CI/CD processes.
• Support and monitor the production data warehouse, resolving issues and communicating effectively with stakeholders.
• Contribute to process improvements to reduce errors and enhance efficiency.
• Stay up to date with emerging data engineering tools and practices.
Profile
• The Data Engineer will have strong experience building and maintaining data pipelines in a modern data environment.
• Advanced SQL skills and solid experience with Python.
• Experience with cloud data warehouse technologies (e.g. Snowflake or similar).
• Familiarity with structured development environments, including version control, peer review, and CI/CD.
• Experience with data testing and data quality assurance.
• Understanding of data modelling and data warehousing concepts (Kimball/Inmon beneficial).
• Experience with DBT and/or Airflow is highly desirable.
• Experience working with APIs and integrating multiple data sources.
• Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
Company
• Pharmaceutical procurement business
• London based
• Hybrid working (1 day per week on site required)
Salary & Benefits
The daily rate is dependent upon your experience, qualifications, or training.
Additional Information
• 12-month contract
• ASAP start
