Senior Data Engineer at La Fosse, Milton Keynes, £500-£550 per day

Senior Data Engineer Contract Role

Outside IR35 | £500-550/day | Milton Keynes | Hybrid | Initial 6 Months

We have a new Senior Data Engineer contract opportunity with a global leading client with offices in both Manchester and Milton Keynes.

You’ll join a high-impact team focused on rebuilding and optimising data pipelines into a Databricks Lakehouse environment, enabling clean, scalable, and high-quality data delivery for analytics and reporting.

This is outside IR35, requires 1 day per week on-site, and offers an initial 6-month contract with an immediate start and strong potential for extension on a greenfield project.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise data pipelines using ELT/ETL best practices.
• Migrate and transform data into a Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and scalability for analytics and reporting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver robust solutions aligned with business needs.
• Support production environments and troubleshoot performance issues.

Ideal Candidate

• 7+ years in Data Engineering with strong experience in cloud-based data platforms.
• Proven ability to design and optimise pipelines for large-scale data processing.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks and Azure.
• Strong stakeholder communication and problem-solving skills.

Tech Stack Required:

• Databricks
• DBT
• Python
• PySpark
• SQL
• Azure

Bonus: Experience in eCommerce environments.

If you are interested please apply below!