Overview

Data Engineer required by a global and market-leading communications company on a 12 month interim contract to support a major IT transformation programme.

The role requires a Python and SQL expert to design and deploy scalable data solutions to capture, manage/store and utilize high volumes of structured and unstructured data from various internal and external sources. This person will work with a lot of autonomy, and will need to be able to comfortably work independently, taking ownership of their work.

Contract details

12 month initial contract

Circa £500 per day, Inside IR35

Location: City of London, 2 days per week (Hybrid)

Skill set required

• Expert level (5+ years’ experience) with SQL and Python
• Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Familiar with Airflow
• Data processing frameworks (e.g. Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, FluentBit, RabbitMQ)
• Data warehousing solutions (e.g. PostgreSQL, BigQuery)
• Cloud Platforms (e.g. Google Cloud Platform or AWS)
• CI/CD tools (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Containerization solutions (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes)
• Version control systems (e.g. Git)

Start

Start: Mid October 2025

Only candidates who are UK based are considered at this time.

Application

If this sounds like the right new challenge for you, please apply directly with your latest CV!