Principal Data Engineer - 3 Month Contract

Who We Are CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country. We are a team of creators - whether that’s code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. And together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few. Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it though, we have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low. Join us on our journey… Let’s create something awesome, together, today. About The Role And Team Contract: Principal AI / Data Engineer Contract: 3 months (likely extension to 6) Start: Within 1 month / Q2 Location: UK (Remote/Hybrid) Overview We’re supporting Mimo on their evolving AI platform (discovery approach ongoing), where there are two critical workstreams requiring a Principal-level AI/Data Engineer. This is a high-impact, hands-on role to assess current systems, define improvements, and execute solutions — with an opportunity to embed and expand further work. Key Responsibilities Assess current AI/data platform and provide clear technical recommendations Work across two workstreams to bridge gaps between product, data, and engineering Improve and scale an existing engagement/uplift model (multi-channel) Enhance a natural language Data Explorer platform (semantic consistency, trust) Enable multi-source data integration and scalable architecture • Be hands-on in implementation and delivery, not just strategy Core Skills Strong experience in Python and AWS Expertise in data pipelines, ML/AI systems, and modelling Experience with LLM/NLP-powered platforms (desirable) • Strong focus on scalability, reliability, and system design Profile Principal-level, hands-on engineer/data scientist Strong consultative and product mindset Able to operate in ambiguity and shape solutions end-to-end • Comfortable owning both recommendations and execution Next Steps Our Talent team aims to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of whether or not we progress your application. Our Interview Process • 30-minute call with one of our Talent Acquisition Team. • 1-hour competency-based interview Our interview process is designed as an opportunity both for our interviewers to learn about your expertise, interests and motivations and for you to gain insights into the role, team and business as a whole, so throughout the process, you’ll meet a few people from our team as well as others from across the business to help you get a well-rounded view of the role and life at CreateFuture. We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products. What We’ll Offer You We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed. We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look. Our hiring process We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process. It Usually Looks Like This • Call with our Talent Acquisition Team • Role specific capability interview Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens. Inclusion at CreateFuture We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work. If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help. We look forward to your application!