Data Engineering Jobs

• United Kingdom
• Remote
• £600 – £700 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Lead data architecture across multiple transformation programmes at a university, producing architecture artefacts, standards and documentation. Design and assure data flows, integration patterns and system mappings, and support data governance frameworks and operating models. Involves facilitating workshops, presenting to Architecture Boards, and handing over to a permanent Data Architect.

Cloud Data Platforms

• London
• Remote
• £80,000 – £110,000 pa
• Lead

Own the company's data platform as a senior individual contributor, designing scalable cloud-based data infrastructure and ETL/ELT pipelines on AWS. Build analytical datasets, APIs and trusted data products supporting machine learning and AI initiatives, while establishing governance, lineage and observability standards. Works closely with Product, Engineering and Data Science, with scope to build and lead a future data team.

AWS · Power BI · Tableau +2

• West Yorkshire
• Remote
• £80,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Owns the design and build of scalable data pipelines and data products on Databricks using PySpark, Spark SQL and Delta Lake, plus ETL/ELT optimisation and enterprise data architecture. Partners with Finance, Product, Sales, Marketing and Engineering to enable trusted self-service data, embeds governance and quality, and mentors a junior engineer in a small, high-impact team.

Databricks · PySpark · Spark SQL +3

• London
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £85,000 – £90,000 pa
• Senior

Builds and scales customer-facing data products on an Azure Databricks lakehouse, turning raw and third-party data into enriched, product-ready datasets delivered via APIs and internal tools. Applies LLMs, RAG, embeddings and semantic search to add classification, tagging and insight features, while owning platform performance, cost and governance. Works closely with product and commercial teams and mentors junior engineers.

Azure Databricks · Azure · Unity Catalog +7

• Farnborough
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £50,000 pa
• Junior
• Permanent

Designs, builds and operates a secure, event-driven data fabric for Defence and National Security customers, covering ingestion, integration, storage, processing, metadata and governance. Works with streaming and batch technologies such as Apache Flink and Spark, building configurable connectors and workflow automation, including engineering for DDIL and edge deployments.

Apache Flink · Apache Spark

• Hounslow
• Hybrid
• £100,000 – £110,000 pa
• Lead

Lead enterprise-scale data engineering initiatives, combining hands-on technical leadership with mentoring Data and Senior Data Engineers. Drive design, build and operation of secure, scalable data pipelines and products, define engineering standards and automated testing, and improve platform reliability, observability and cost efficiency. Includes participation in an on-call rota supporting business-critical data products.

Snowflake · AWS · dbt

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £110,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Lead technical direction across a modern cloud data platform built on AWS, Snowflake and dbt, staying hands-on while unblocking engineers on complex issues. Combines mentoring a team of engineers with influencing senior stakeholders and shaping engineering standards in a federated data model.

AWS · Snowflake · dbt

• United Kingdom
• Hybrid
• £90,000 – £115,000 pa
• Senior

Designs and delivers secure, scalable cloud-native data platforms across AWS, Azure and GCP for enterprise clients, leading migrations to Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Synapse and Redshift. Builds PoCs and MVPs for AI and advanced analytics, automates infrastructure with Terraform and CI/CD, and advises senior stakeholders on data strategy, Data Mesh and Data Fabric architecture.

AWS · Azure · GCP +7

• London
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £70,000 – £78,000 pa
• Senior

Design, develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and data models supporting reporting and analytics, while helping implement a new enterprise data platform using Medallion architecture. Work alongside Data and Technical Architects on major transformation programmes, including financial reporting improvements and a legacy core system replacement, with strong stakeholder engagement and ownership expected.

Microsoft Azure · Microsoft Fabric · Informatica +3

• London
• £90,000 – £105,000 pa
• Senior

Hands-on senior role designing, building and maintaining automated data pipelines while supporting an on-premise to cloud migration. You'll develop scalable Snowflake data models, optimise schemas, use Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD, monitor production pipelines, and mentor colleagues in the Business Intelligence team. Involves architectural input, direct stakeholder engagement and contributing to AI and Automation initiatives.

Snowflake · Azure DevOps · Git +2

• London
• £500 – £600 pd
• Senior

Client-facing consulting role advising pharmaceutical stakeholders on Snowflake architecture and enterprise data governance. You will implement Snowflake Cortex AI and Write-Back, build Collibra cataloging, lineage and GxP-compliant policies, and integrate Collibra with GitHub to parse dbt and LookML lineage via custom APIs.

Snowflake · Snowflake Cortex AI · Snowflake Write-Back +7

• London
• On-site
• £80,000 – £90,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Build and lead a new data engineering function at a scaling AI-powered SaaS business, owning engineering standards, tooling and delivery practices. Stay hands-on with SQL transformation pipelines, Python orchestration, data modelling, CI/CD and production reliability, while line-managing and developing engineers and integrating AI outputs into production pipelines.

Git

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £300 – £370 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Documents and redesigns a complex, high-volume transactional platform for a large payments company, producing conceptual, logical and physical data models and defining data standards. Works closely with developers and engineers to implement OLTP and system-of-record database architecture, with a focus on relational technologies such as PostgreSQL, Oracle or SQL Server.

PostgreSQL · Oracle · SQL Server +6

• London
• Hybrid · 1–2 days in office
• £450 – £500 pd
• Contract

Designs and implements a data migration and integration approach between an Azure SQL source system and Salesforce. Requires strong Azure SQL, Python, ETL, Salesforce REST API and batch (CSV) processing skills, with immediate availability for a short-notice start. The contract runs in three-month phases, with one to two days per week in London.

Azure · Azure SQL · Salesforce +2

• Edinburgh
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £500 – £550 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Defines and governs the end-to-end data architecture for a major COINS ERP transformation, owning complex data migration, mapping, cleansing and reconciliation. Establishes master data, stewardship, lineage and data quality controls, and assures vendor data models and migration designs through rehearsals, cutover and deployment.

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