Data Engineer

Data Engineer x2 Contract Length: 6 months IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Day Rate: £480/day Location: Fully remote About the Role Proud to be partnered with a Retail Financial Services organisation who are seeking two Contract Data Engineers to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable data pipelines on AWS cloud. You will work with large-scale transactional and customer data, ensuring data integrity, performance, and compliance. This role requires hands-on expertise in AWS services and strong experience in financial data engineering. Key Responsibilities • Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for transactional, customer, and operational data. • Design and implement data architectures and models optimised for analytics and reporting. • Work extensively with AWS services, including: • Amazon S3 – secure data storage • AWS Glue – ETL processing • Amazon Redshift / RDS – data warehousing • AWS Lambda – serverless transformations • AWS Athena / EMR – analytics and big data processing • Ensure data quality, governance, and regulatory compliance (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR). Required Skills & Experience • Proven experience as a Data Engineer, preferably in financial services or highly regulated industries. • Strong proficiency with AWS cloud services (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Athena, EMR). • Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and Spark for ETL and analytics. • Knowledge of data warehousing, data lakes, and large-scale data processing. • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.