Senior Data Engineer - Python/Databricks/GCP

Senior Data Engineer - Python/Databricks/GCP/MLOps Location: London Contract: Outside IR35 Day Rate: Negotiable ~ £600-£700 DW Search are partnering on a high-impact contract opportunity within a fast-paced, data-driven environment supporting portfolio company initiatives for a major asset management firm. This role sits at the intersection of Data Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering, with a strong focus on building and productionising end-to-end ML pipelines. You will be working on real-world applications of neural networks, enabling scalable feature engineering, model training, and inference in production. Key Responsibilities • Build and productionise feature engineering pipelines for ML models • Develop and manage training and inference workflows at scale • Deploy and monitor machine learning models in production environments • Collaborate with data scientists and engineering teams to optimise model performance and reliability • Contribute to best practices across MLOps and pipeline orchestration Required Experience • Strong Python fluency • Strong hands-on experience with Databricks • Proven experience building production-grade data and ML pipelines • Solid understanding of MLOps principles • Experience working with machine learning models • Experience with GCP • Background in both Data Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering environments • Exposure to scalable, high-performance data platforms This is a strong fit for engineers who operate across the full ML lifecycle and enjoy taking models from development into robust, production systems. This is an initial 6 month contract with high likelihood of extension, apply now to be considered.