Robson
Data Engineer
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This role is for a Data Engineer on a 6-month contract, paying "£X per day", requiring 3 days on-site in London. Key skills include Azure, Databricks, Java, Spark, and SQL, with 8+ years of software engineering experience preferred.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
December 9, 2025
🕒 - 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 Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Microsoft Azure #ADLS (Azure Data Lake Storage) #Data Engineering #Spark (Apache Spark) #Computer Science #Big Data #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Azure #Databricks #Programming #Database Design #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #ADF (Azure Data Factory) #Java
Role description
Data Engineer - Hybrid - London - Inside IR35
3 days per week on site in central London
Migrate from an IaaS Big Data platform to Azure-native Databricks.
Responsibilities include:
• migrating and optimizing 500+ jobs using Databricks optimization techniques,
• managing 12 TB of data,
• tuning models for Azure with Java Spark and Delta tables,
• and addressing vulnerabilities through library version updates.
Your expertise
You enjoy contributing collaboratively as part of a team as well as being recognized for your contribution and you have a pragmatic approach to challenges. You can listen as well as advise and guide others. You keep abreast of technical development in the industry and are keen to learn and develop.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Worked as a software engineer for ideally 8+ years
• Experience with Java programming language
• Proficiency in Spark, Databricks, ETL tools and processes, and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with data modelling and database design
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure, eg, SQL, ADF, ADLS, APIM, Functions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
Data Engineer - Hybrid - London - Inside IR35
3 days per week on site in central London
Migrate from an IaaS Big Data platform to Azure-native Databricks.
Responsibilities include:
• migrating and optimizing 500+ jobs using Databricks optimization techniques,
• managing 12 TB of data,
• tuning models for Azure with Java Spark and Delta tables,
• and addressing vulnerabilities through library version updates.
Your expertise
You enjoy contributing collaboratively as part of a team as well as being recognized for your contribution and you have a pragmatic approach to challenges. You can listen as well as advise and guide others. You keep abreast of technical development in the industry and are keen to learn and develop.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Worked as a software engineer for ideally 8+ years
• Experience with Java programming language
• Proficiency in Spark, Databricks, ETL tools and processes, and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with data modelling and database design
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure, eg, SQL, ADF, ADLS, APIM, Functions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
