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

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This role is for a Senior Data Engineer in London on a 6-month contract, outside IR35, requiring strong Microsoft Fabric expertise. Key skills include data pipeline design, PySpark, data governance, and collaboration with BI teams. Onsite presence is mandatory three days a week.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
500
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🗓️ - Date
May 7, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
Outside IR35
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London, England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Dataflow #Microsoft Power BI #Metadata #Semantic Models #Automation #Vault #BI (Business Intelligence) #Data Governance #Data Ingestion #Security #SQL (Structured Query Language) #GIT #Data Vault #Data Engineering #Strategy #Data Pipeline #Scala #Spark SQL #PySpark #Spark (Apache Spark)
Role description
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.