Data Engineer - Contract at Head Resourcing, Edinburgh, £350-£400 per day

Data Engineer (Contract)

6-Month Contract

Fully Remote

ASAP Start

Circa £350-£400 per day (Outside IR35)

Our small Data & AI Consultancy Client is currently seeking an experienced Data Engineer Contractor to join a growing Data Engineering team on an initial 6-month contract. You'll work closely with Product Owners, Architects, and Engineering teams to design and deliver modern data solutions for clients across highly regulated industries – Financial Services, Energy, Legal & Pharmaceuticals etc.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines
• Developing data ingestion, transformation, and reporting solutions
• Working with stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver business value
• Supporting data modelling, analytics, and visualisation initiatives
• Apply best practices in Data Engineering, Agile, and DevOps delivery

To be successful in the Contract, Required Skills will include:

1. Proven Data Engineering expertise within other large, regulated organisations/sectors – Financial Services, Legal, Pharma & Energy etc
2. Strong SQL expertise
3. Extensive Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric experience (including Data Factory and Azure SQL)
4. Apache Spark experience, ideally with Python (PySpark) or Scala
5. Experience working within cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP also welcome)
6. Git version control and CI/CD knowledge
7. Excellent people, communication & interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team, with key Stakeholders and end-customers.

“Nice to Haves” include:

• Data Science exposure
• Data quality and governance knowledge
• Docker and Kubernetes experience
• Automated testing and monitoring experience

If the above details appeal to you, PLEASE APPLY NOW to be considered for this Contract.

Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to: educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process.