Databricks Data Engineer -London | Up to £100K

City of London
1 month ago
Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Databricks Data Engineer

Azure Data Engineer - £500 - Hybrid

Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Databricks Data Engineer London | Senior Manager | Up to £100K + Bonus

Ready to take your data engineering career to the next level?
Join a global consultancy on a major transformation project within the insurance domain. This is your chance to work with cutting-edge technologies, influence strategic decisions, and make a real impact in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

Why This Role?

Be part of a high-profile project driving innovation in data and analytics.
Work with a global leader in digital transformation.
Enjoy senior-level responsibilities, clear progression, and exposure to decision-makers.
Competitive package: Up to £100K base + 12% bonus + benefits.
Hybrid role based in London.

What You'll Do

Design and develop data pipelines and transformation workflows using Azure Databricks.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven solutions.
Work on cloud-based data storage and processing platforms.
Contribute to strategic decision-making and innovation in the insurance domain.

What We're Looking For

Proven Data Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on Databricks experience.
Insurance domain expertise - essential.
Strong background in data management, ETL, and SQL.
Familiarity with Azure and Microsoft BI tools.
Immediate start
No VISA sponsorship.

This is more than a job - it's a chance to shape the future of data engineering.
Apply today and join a team where your ideas matter

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Data Engineering Jobs for Career Switchers in Their 30s, 40s & 50s (UK Reality Check)

Thinking about switching into data engineering in your 30s, 40s or 50s? You’re not alone. In the UK, companies of all sizes — from fintechs to government agencies, retailers to healthcare providers — are building data teams to turn vast amounts of information into insight and value. That means demand for data engineering talent remains strong, but there’s a gap between media hype and the real pathways available to mid-career professionals. This guide gives you the straight UK reality check: which data engineering roles are genuinely open to career switchers, what skills employers actually look for, how long retraining really takes and how to position your experience for success.

How to Write a Data Engineering Job Ad That Attracts the Right People

Data engineering is the backbone of modern data-driven organisations. From analytics and machine learning to business intelligence and real-time platforms, data engineers build the pipelines, platforms and infrastructure that make data usable at scale. Yet many employers struggle to attract the right data engineering candidates. Job adverts often generate high application volumes, but few applicants have the practical skills needed to build and maintain production-grade data systems. At the same time, experienced data engineers skip over adverts that feel vague, unrealistic or misaligned with real-world data engineering work. In most cases, the issue is not a shortage of talent — it is the quality and clarity of the job advert. Data engineers are pragmatic, technically rigorous and highly selective. A poorly written job ad signals immature data practices and unclear expectations. A well-written one signals strong engineering culture and serious intent. This guide explains how to write a data engineering job ad that attracts the right people, improves applicant quality and positions your organisation as a credible data employer.

Maths for Data Engineering Jobs: The Only Topics You Actually Need (& How to Learn Them)

If you are applying for data engineering jobs in the UK, maths can feel like a vague requirement hiding behind phrases like “strong analytical skills”, “performance mindset” or “ability to reason about systems”. Most of the time, hiring managers are not looking for advanced theory. They want confidence with the handful of maths topics that show up in real pipelines: Rates, units & estimation (throughput, cost, latency, storage growth) Statistics for data quality & observability (distributions, percentiles, outliers, variance) Probability for streaming, sampling & approximate results (sketches like HyperLogLog++ & the logic behind false positives) Discrete maths for DAGs, partitioning & systems thinking (graphs, complexity, hashing) Optimisation intuition for SQL plans & Spark performance (joins, shuffles, partition strategy, “what is the bottleneck”) This article is written for UK job seekers targeting roles like Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, Platform Data Engineer, Data Warehouse Engineer, Streaming Data Engineer or DataOps Engineer.