Senior Data Engineer - Fabric - London - 6 Month Contract - Outside IR35

We are working with a leading London-based organisation that is building a modern, enterprise-wide data platform using Microsoft Fabric and is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in its development. This is a hands-on role within a greenfield Fabric environment, supporting critical business areas including finance, operations, and strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will design and deliver scalable data solutions across ingestion, modelling, and optimisation, working closely with cross-functional teams to help shape a robust, future-ready data platform. This role requires the Senior Data Engineer to be onsite at the client's London offices three days per week. Skills / Responsibilities • Experience of designing and building scalable, production-grade data pipelines and Lakehouse/Warehouse solutions using Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines, Notebooks) • Experience of implementing advanced Fabric capabilities such as Shortcuts, Mirroring, Delta optimisation, and metadata-driven ingestion frameworks • Experience of developing high-quality data models (Star Schema, Data Vault, Medallion architecture) • Experience of optimising performance, governance, security, and cost across Fabric workspaces • Experience of collaborating with BI teams to deliver high-performing Power BI semantic models • Experience of contributing to engineering standards, best practices, and the overall data platform strategy • Strong expertise in PySpark, Spark SQL, and modern data engineering practices • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines, Shortcuts/Mirroring) • Solid experience with enterprise data modelling and Medallion architecture • Experience with CI/CD, Git, automation, and testing for data pipelines • Experience implementing data governance tools (e.g. Microsoft Purview) • Experience with D365 Finance & Operations data ingestion If you're a Senior Data Engineer with strong Microsoft Fabric experience and want to help shape a next-generation data platform please apply now to learn more.