Data Engineer

Talent Smart
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
3 months ago
£500 – £600 pd

Salary

£500 – £600 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
24 Jun 2026 (3 months ago)

Data Engineer

We're supporting a leading enterprise financial services organisation in the search for an experienced Data Engineer to join a high-performing data team on an initial 6-month contract.

Contract Details:

* £600 per day

* Inside IR35

* Initial 6-month engagement

* Sheffield-based, 3 days per week on-site

Key Requirements:

* Strong hands-on experience with PySpark and Databricks

* Deep understanding of Spark performance optimisation, including lazy evaluation, column pruning, groupBy operations, and window functions

* Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve Spark job performance issues

* Extensive experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale data pipelines

* Strong technical depth across modern data engineering platforms, tools, and technologies

* Experience working within complex, large-scale enterprise environments

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major data transformation programme within a leading financial services organisation.

Additional information available on successful application

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