Senior Data Engineer at La Fosse Associates, Milton Keynes, £525-£550 per day

Join a high-impact team focused on rebuilding and optimising data pipelines in a cutting-edge Databricks Lakehouse environment.

Salary: £525 - 550 per day
Senior Data Engineer Contract Role

Outside IR35 | £525-550/day | Milton Keynes | Hybrid | Initial 5 Months

We have a new Senior Data Engineer contract opportunity with a global leading client with offices in 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 5-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.

Take the next step in your Data Engineering career with this exciting greenfield project opportunity.

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