K&K Talents
Data SME Engineer
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This role is for a Data SME Engineer in London, UK, on a contract Inside IR35. Key skills include advanced SQL, Python scripting, and geospatial data experience. Applicants must have work authorization for the UK and relevant industry expertise.
π - Country
United Kingdom
π± - Currency
Β£ GBP
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π° - Day rate
Unknown
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ποΈ - Date
March 6, 2026
π - Duration
Unknown
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ποΈ - Location
On-site
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π - Contract
Inside IR35
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π - Security
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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π§ - Skills detailed
#"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Pandas #Matplotlib #Datasets #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Statistics #Data Wrangling #Azure #Data Engineering #Anomaly Detection #Scripting #Azure Data Factory #ADF (Azure Data Factory) #Spark (Apache Spark) #Data Quality #Spatial Data #Data Processing #Automation #Python #Visualization
Role description
K&K Talents is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in The United Kingdom who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.
Role: Data Engineer
Location: London, UK
Employment type: Contract Inside IR35
Roles and Responsibilities:
ο· Establish Import/export patterns, handling data extracts, schema discovery, incremental loads, handling multiple source instances
ο· Capability in data transformation-heavy pipelines from data-profiling to cleansing to standardization, conformance and publishing ο· Advanced knowledge of SQL for profiling, joins/merges, deduplication, anomaly detection, and performance tuning
ο· Scripting knowledge in Python for automation, parsing, rules engines, and data quality checks, ability to write maintainable code. Experience using Python packages for data wrangling (e.g. Pandas, Polars), modelling (e.g. scikit-learn) and visualization (e.g. matplotlib) ο· Experience with modern data tooling (for example, Spark, Azure Data Factory) or ability to implement equivalents with code.
ο· Proven experience working with geospatial data, including handling spatial formats (e.g., vector, raster, GeoJSON, shapefiles), coordinate reference systems, and spatial analysis workflowsο· Strong ability to interpret and apply geographical context in data processing pipelines, with demonstrated capability to aggregate, upscale, or translate local/regional geospatial insights into broader national or regional-level datasets and analytical outputs
ο· Experience working with publicly available official datasets, particularly Office for National Statistics (ONS) open data products (e.g.,census boundaries, geographic lookups, deprivation indices, or mid-year population estimates)
ο· Able to build rules for completeness/validity/consistency, implement exception handling"
Note: Applicants for employment in UK should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
K&K Talents is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in The United Kingdom who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.
Role: Data Engineer
Location: London, UK
Employment type: Contract Inside IR35
Roles and Responsibilities:
ο· Establish Import/export patterns, handling data extracts, schema discovery, incremental loads, handling multiple source instances
ο· Capability in data transformation-heavy pipelines from data-profiling to cleansing to standardization, conformance and publishing ο· Advanced knowledge of SQL for profiling, joins/merges, deduplication, anomaly detection, and performance tuning
ο· Scripting knowledge in Python for automation, parsing, rules engines, and data quality checks, ability to write maintainable code. Experience using Python packages for data wrangling (e.g. Pandas, Polars), modelling (e.g. scikit-learn) and visualization (e.g. matplotlib) ο· Experience with modern data tooling (for example, Spark, Azure Data Factory) or ability to implement equivalents with code.
ο· Proven experience working with geospatial data, including handling spatial formats (e.g., vector, raster, GeoJSON, shapefiles), coordinate reference systems, and spatial analysis workflowsο· Strong ability to interpret and apply geographical context in data processing pipelines, with demonstrated capability to aggregate, upscale, or translate local/regional geospatial insights into broader national or regional-level datasets and analytical outputs
ο· Experience working with publicly available official datasets, particularly Office for National Statistics (ONS) open data products (e.g.,census boundaries, geographic lookups, deprivation indices, or mid-year population estimates)
ο· Able to build rules for completeness/validity/consistency, implement exception handling"
Note: Applicants for employment in UK should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
