6 contract data engineer jobs found in London

Contract Data Engineer / MLE (Databricks, GCP) Location: London (hybrid) Contract: Outside IR35 Day Rate: Negotiable ~ £600-£700 DW Search are partnering on a high-impact contract opportunity within a fast-paced, data-driven environment supporting portfolio company initiatives for a major asset management firm. This role sits at the intersection of Data Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering, with a strong focus on building and productionising end-to-end ML pipelines. You will be working on real-world applications of neural networks, enabling scalable feature engineering, model training, and inference in production. Key Responsibilities Build and productionise feature engineering pipelines for ML models Develop and manage training and inference workflows at scale Deploy and monitor machine learning models in production environments Collaborate with data scientists and engineering teams to optimise model performance and reliability Contribute...

Job Title: Contract Data Engineer (Banking Experience Required) Location: London (Hybrid) Day Rate: £550–£600 per day (Outside IR35 – subject to assessment) Contract Length: 6 months initial (extensions likely) Overview Chapman Tate are looking for an experienced Contract Data Engineer with a strong background in banking or financial services to support a range of high-priority data initiatives. You will play a key role in delivering scalable data solutions, enabling regulatory reporting, and improving data architecture across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes Integrate and transform large volumes of financial data from multiple sources Work closely with stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance Contribute to data platform enhancements and cloud migration projects Troubleshoot and...

Contract Data Engineer - Snowflake/DBT/Python/SQL Healthcare/Pharma Industry £550-£600 per day - Outside IR35 London (Hybrid - 2 days onsite) 12 months + extension likely We're supporting a leading organisation building out a modern, cloud-native data platform and looking for multiple Senior Data Engineer with deep Snowflake expertise to join on a long-term contract. What you'll work on Building & optimising scalable Snowflake pipelines Data modelling, quality, lineage & observability Python + dbt engineering in a modern cloud environment Collaborating with architects & product teams Driving best practice across the data platform Tech stack Snowflake, SQL, Python, dbt, AWS (or Azure/GCP), CI/CD, Airflow/Prefect/Dagster, Fivetran/Matillion Ideal profile Strong Snowflake engineering background Comfortable owning end-to-end pipeline delivery Experience in regulated environments (pharma/healthcare a bonus) Clear communicator who can influence...

La Fosse is currently recruiting a contract Data Engineer (12 months) on behalf of a global financial services company. They require an experienced engineer with extensive experience in building and maintaining Data Lakehouses in Azure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both Scala and Python programming, with specific experience building high performance and scalable pipelines in Databricks with Spark. The new data platform will serve a range of end users in the Capital Markets division, so experience across areas such as derivatives, risk, PnL, trade life cycle, market data are highly desired. Key Responsibilities: Engineer robust, scalable and efficient data pipelines using Spark/Databricks Demonstrate best practices in the design & development of data pipelines Data modelling on medallion architecture, ensuring schema is intuitive and serves business users analytical and reporting objectives What you'll need: Expert in building data...

Data Engineer – Contract Outside IR35 | £625/day | 6 months Central London | 1–2 days per week in office We’re working with a global tech business undergoing a major data transformation, and they’re looking for a Data Engineer to lead a large-scale migration to a modern data stack. This Data Engineer role is ideal for someone with strong experience in dbt Cloud and Snowflake, particularly if you’ve migrated legacy pipelines into scalable, cloud-native architectures. As a Data Engineer, you’ll take ownership of moving pipelines from legacy tooling into a modern environment, working closely with both technical and business teams. This Data Engineer position is hands-on and suited to someone who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced setting. End-to-end ownership as a Data Engineer on a migration project Move from legacy tooling to a modern stack High-impact, business-critical work Collaborative, fast-paced environment Tech: Snowflake | dbt Cloud...

Job Title: M365 Migration Engineer (ShareGate) Location: Remote (may need some flex in working hours to accommodate some US East Coast overlap) Contract: 3-4 months Start: 2-3 weeks IR35: Outside IR35 Rate: £580-650 a day The Opportunity We're supporting a tenant-to-tenant M365 migration following a recent acquisition, and need an experienced M365 Migration Engineer to lead the data migration piece. This is a fresh project, not a recovery job, working alongside the seller's IT team to migrate data cleanly and efficiently into the new tenant. It's a focused engagement with clear deliverables, ideal for someone who has done this before and can hit the ground running with ShareGate-led migrations. The Role You'll take ownership of the migration activity, ensuring data is moved accurately, securely and with minimal disruption. Key responsibilities include: Delivering tenant-to-tenant migrations using ShareGate Migrating data across SharePoint...