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.

Tenth Revolution Group · London · £95,000 – £125,000 pa

Architect and implement Databricks Lakehouse solutions covering ingestion, processing, storage, governance and analytics for enterprise clients. Lead architectural engagements, tune workloads for performance and cost, and build CI/CD pipelines with Databricks Repos, GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps. Work hybrid in London within a consultancy's architecture practice, advising clients on data strategy and governance.

Fuel Recruitment · Farnborough · £550 – £600 pd

Build and optimise cloud-based data integration and analytics solutions for a defence-sector client, focusing on scalable ETL pipelines, data lakes and processing frameworks in AWS. Day-to-day work centres on AWS Glue jobs using PySpark and Python, Glue Data Catalog, crawlers, workflows and triggers, plus S3 data lake management and IAM security. Three roles, outside IR35, with three days a week onsite.

Bright Purple · Edinburgh · £500 – £550 pd

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.

Syntax Consultancy · Leeds · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on Data Engineer maintaining production data pipelines on Databricks and AWS, combining L2/L3 production support with engineering work. Responsibilities include incident investigation, root cause analysis, remediation, and performance troubleshooting across Spark, Delta Lake, and AWS services. Part of a large-scale Government project, working primarily from home with occasional Leeds office travel.

Syntax Consultancy · Leeds · £500 – £550 pd

Hands-on Data Engineer to run and maintain production data pipelines on Databricks and AWS, combining L2/L3 production support with engineering work. Involves incident investigation, root cause analysis, permanent remediation, and performance troubleshooting across Spark SQL, Delta Lake, Parquet and Hive metastore tables. Works on a large-scale Government project within a hybrid model, mostly remote with occasional Leeds office travel.

Snowflake · London

Build revenue pipeline by setting and leading discovery calls, qualifying use cases with target personas, and performing account research to grow Snowflake's footprint in EMEA's largest accounts. Work closely with Global Account Managers, Solution Engineers and Marketing on a multi-channel pipeline strategy, attending sales meetings, trainings and local trade shows.

Pontoon · Chester

Hands-on engineering role building and maintaining scalable data platforms for compliance assurance in a regulated enterprise. Owns the end-to-end data lifecycle, from ingesting source systems through streaming, processing and storage to automated reconciliation and data-quality controls. Developer-led, with Python, PySpark, Kafka and NiFi at its core.

Lorien · London

Owns data products end to end, from discovery and prototyping through launch and adoption, working with stakeholders to turn ambiguous business problems into measurable product objectives. Builds working proofs of concept using SQL, Python, Databricks, Power BI, AI tooling and low-code platforms, then partners with data engineers and architects to industrialise them. Requires commercial insurance or broking domain experience and familiarity with data mesh, data contracts and governance.

Reed · Edinburgh · £70,000 – £83,500 pa

Lead the creation of an enterprise data architecture practice from scratch, assessing a fragmented data landscape and building a scalable roadmap, models and governance standards. Hands-on role in the Microsoft ecosystem (Azure, Microsoft Fabric), designing pipelines and proof-of-concepts while guiding data engineers and analysts. Works with business and technical stakeholders in a regulated public sector setting.

Morson Edge · Heathrow, United States · £625 – £650 pd

Lead data and AI engineering work for a major airline, focused on AWS, Snowflake and CI/CD pipelines. The role is inside IR35 and requires one to two days per week on-site at Heathrow, with the remainder likely remote.

Wesleyan · Birmingham · £49,800 – £72,000 pa

Lead project data architect role within a four-person data architecture team, ensuring centre-of-excellence objectives run through projects across all business units. Involves designing data architecture, modelling and master data solutions, enabling integration via APIs, GraphQL, JSON and XML, and building cloud-based platforms with Azure, SQL, Python and Databricks.

Amplius · Peterborough · £53,560 pa

Lead enterprise data governance across a large housing provider, chairing the Data & Metrics Council and building a Data Steward Network. Hands-on role covering MDM (matching, survivorship, golden records), data catalogue, glossary, lineage and quality scorecards, plus privacy and audit compliance. Sole owner driving practical implementation rather than policy writing alone.

ITSS Recruitment · Leeds · £70,000 – £85,000 pa

Lead a team of Data Engineers, BI Developers, DBAs and SQL Developers building a central Microsoft data platform. The role blends hands-on engineering, data architecture and strategic decision making, using Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Python, PySpark and SQL Server to deliver business-critical pipelines and integration solutions.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £100,000 – £110,000 pa

Hands-on data engineering lead role at a private equity firm, designing and scaling modern data platforms across a portfolio of companies. Combines technical delivery, data architecture and senior stakeholder advisory, with direct C-suite exposure and a focus on making infrastructure AI-ready for advanced analytics and agentic AI use cases.