Senior Data Engineer
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This role is for a Senior Data Engineer on a 6-month contract (Outside IR35) in Central London, paying £500–£550 per day. Key skills include AWS, SQL, NoSQL, and data pipeline development. Extensive experience with large-scale data infrastructure is required.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
720
🗓️ - Date discovered
May 17, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
🏝️ - Location type
Hybrid
📄 - Contract type
Outside IR35
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Engineering #Databases #Data Warehouse #Redshift #Agile #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Snowflake #Cloud #Data Processing #NoSQL #Data Pipeline #Datasets #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Scala #Trino #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)"
Role description
Data Engineer – Outside IR35 – £500–£550 per day – 6-Month Contract – Hybrid (Central London, 1–2 days/month)
Our client, a mission driven business at the forefront of digital transformation in the media space is looking for a highly capable Data Engineer to join their team on a 6-month contract (Outside IR35). This role is central to building and scaling robust data pipelines that directly impact how creators are recognised and rewarded across global streaming platforms.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment and enjoys solving complex technical challenges that have real-world impact.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable data pipelines and backend services.
• Implement resilient, high-volume data processing systems with modern technologies.
• Optimise infrastructure for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Write production-ready code, following best practices in testing and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Work closely with engineering leads, product teams, and architects to shape the data landscape.
• Contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Ideal Candidate:
• Extensive experience designing and building large-scale data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Proficient in:
• Data modelling techniques
• AWS managed services, SQL & NoSQL databases
• Modern cloud data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift, Trino)
• Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK or equivalent)
• Strong commitment to clean code, quality, testing, and operational excellence.
• Comfortable working in agile teams and independently driving complex solutions.
• Passionate about the role of data in creating transparency and value.
Contract Details:
• £500–£550 per day (Outside IR35)
• 6-month initial contract with likely extensions
• Hybrid working – 1–2 days per month onsite in Central London
This is a brilliant contract opportunity for a Data Engineer to work on meaningful projects, handling massive datasets and making a measurable mission driven difference to people across the world.
Data Engineer – Outside IR35 – £500–£550 per day – 6-Month Contract – Hybrid (Central London, 1–2 days/month)
Our client, a mission driven business at the forefront of digital transformation in the media space is looking for a highly capable Data Engineer to join their team on a 6-month contract (Outside IR35). This role is central to building and scaling robust data pipelines that directly impact how creators are recognised and rewarded across global streaming platforms.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment and enjoys solving complex technical challenges that have real-world impact.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable data pipelines and backend services.
• Implement resilient, high-volume data processing systems with modern technologies.
• Optimise infrastructure for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Write production-ready code, following best practices in testing and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Work closely with engineering leads, product teams, and architects to shape the data landscape.
• Contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Ideal Candidate:
• Extensive experience designing and building large-scale data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Proficient in:
• Data modelling techniques
• AWS managed services, SQL & NoSQL databases
• Modern cloud data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift, Trino)
• Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK or equivalent)
• Strong commitment to clean code, quality, testing, and operational excellence.
• Comfortable working in agile teams and independently driving complex solutions.
• Passionate about the role of data in creating transparency and value.
Contract Details:
• £500–£550 per day (Outside IR35)
• 6-month initial contract with likely extensions
• Hybrid working – 1–2 days per month onsite in Central London
This is a brilliant contract opportunity for a Data Engineer to work on meaningful projects, handling massive datasets and making a measurable mission driven difference to people across the world.
