Data Engineering Jobs

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £80,000 – £100,000 pa

Builds internal AI agents, tools and prototypes within a small central technical team, turning complex group data into usable products. Work spans Python, TypeScript and SQL, modernising legacy systems, wrapping them in scalable APIs and generating tests and migration tooling. High autonomy with weekly demonstrable output.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Own enterprise and project-level data architecture for a UK health-sector regulator, driving data modelling, governance and lineage across a Microsoft stack including Azure, Fabric and D365. Work with engineering, governance and business teams to deliver scalable data solutions and champion best practice.

Palantir Technologies · London

Backend engineers on Palantir's infrastructure teams build the lowest layers of the software stack, including database technologies, distributed systems, large-scale data systems, security and application infrastructure. Day-to-day work spans high-quality code for Foundry and Gotham, open-source data processing libraries, container orchestration, and opinionated APIs, using Java, Rust, Go, Cassandra, Kafka, Spark and Kubernetes.

Palantir Technologies · Honolulu, United States · US$135,000 – US$200,000 pa

Builds, operates and maintains high-performance, scalable services across Palantir platforms and government deployments, handling monitoring, configuration management, upgrades and migrations. Combines software development with production ownership, automating manual workflows and troubleshooting issues on an on-call rotation, using Java, Go, Python or similar and Foundry/Apollo tooling.

eFinancialCareers · London · £45,000 – £70,000 pa

Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data platforms on AWS, working with data architects, scientists and analysts to turn complex data into reliable, accessible information. Combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, shaping data solutions and guiding delivery across national security, government and public-sector environments.

Avanti Recruitment · Manchester · £60,000 – £100,000 pa

End-to-end data architecture role owning the full data lifecycle, from ingestion to consumption, across secure client environments. Involves designing lakehouse and medallion architectures, defining batch and streaming pipelines, and making decisions on storage, orchestration, governance and security. Cloud-agnostic, working with AWS, Azure or GCP alongside Databricks, Snowflake, Spark and Kafka.

Opus Recruitment Solutions · London · £500 – £525 pd

Hands-on contract role migrating a large legacy ETL estate of several thousand Ab Initio batch jobs to a serverless AWS data platform. You'll define migration patterns, convert Ab Initio transformations into scalable PySpark, and deliver production-ready AWS Glue solutions, with heavy Spark performance tuning across S3, Athena and serverless pipelines in a financial services cloud transformation programme.

Robert Walters · Nottingham · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Builds and maintains data pipelines, ETL processes and structured data warehouses, integrating information from multiple sources and running strict data quality checks. Works with SQL, Python, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Logic Apps and Synapse Analytics in a hybrid Nottingham team.

SGN · Portsmouth

Oversee the full lifecycle of data projects, from stakeholder engagement and data collection through transformation to final delivery, acting as the primary point of contact for delivery. Lead a delivery silo or large project within a team of business analysts, data engineers, analysts and testers, managing E2E data migration including ETL and reconciliation, and driving Agile practices and Jira-based reporting.

eFinancialCareers · London

Lead the strategy, architecture and hands-on engineering of a cross-asset market data platform spanning crypto and traditional markets, including a central Market Data API, low-latency feed handlers and a firm-wide messaging layer. Manage a small development team while owning vendor relationships, data quality, cost control and regulatory entitlements across a hybrid on-premise and cloud environment.

Premium Credit Limited · London

Owns enterprise data governance activity, leading the Data Governance Forum and tracking data quality issues, owners and actions through to resolution. Partners with data stewards, analysts and technology teams to embed frameworks, policies and standards, define data quality measures and assess gaps against architecture standards. Involves MDM, cataloguing and metadata tools such as Microsoft Purview, plus SQL and data lineage work.

Circle Recruitment · Leeds · £100,000 – £120,000 pa

Lead a law firm's enterprise, technology and data architecture, owning principles, standards, roadmaps and design governance. Shape technology and data strategy, set guardrails for AI adoption, and lead a team of Solutions Architects, Consultants and Data Architects. Hybrid role with two days a week in the Leeds office.

Tenth Revolution Group · London · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Builds and leads production-grade Snowflake solutions in cloud environments, working hands-on with Snowpark, Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks and Dynamic Tables. The role sits in a consulting transformation practice, combining strong SQL and Python engineering with CI/CD, Terraform, automated testing and data observability, plus stakeholder engagement to deliver governed, AI-ready data.

Ashdown Group · London · £120,000 – £150,000 pa

Owns the enterprise data architecture, engineering strategy and cloud data platform, setting the technical roadmap and leading a data engineering function. Drives DataOps, CI/CD, observability and governance while building foundations for AI/ML, vector search and advanced analytics, partnering with Product, Data Science and senior leadership.

Circle Recruitment · Birmingham · £100,000 – £120,000 pa

A new senior leadership role owning enterprise and data architecture for a law firm, covering principles, standards, roadmaps and design governance. You will lead solution design for major initiatives, set guardrails for AI and emerging tech, and manage a team of solutions architects, consultants and data architects across cloud and SaaS environments.