20 senior data engineer jobs found in Reading

Senior Data Engineer - Analytics (Contract) Hybrid - London/Reading A data engineer is required to deliver insight ready datasets and support advanced analytics across a cloud based environment. The role focuses on building scalable pipelines, refining complex data sources, and enabling analysts and data scientists with high quality, well structured data. Key Responsibilities Develop and optimise data pipelines for analytics and modelling. Cleanse, transform, and analyse large datasets using Python/R . Maintain SQL driven processing workflows in the cloud. Perform EDA to identify trends, anomalies, and data issues. Collaborate with BI teams to deliver reliable analytical datasets. Skills & Experience Strong SQL and data wrangling. Proficient in Python or R. Experience with large, complex datasets and Power BI. AWS experience preferred: Glue, S3, Athena, Lambda, Redshift, Step Functions . Advantageous: statistics/ML exposure and telecom style data...

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Day Rate: £400-450/day (Outside IR35) Location: 3 days per week on-site in either London or Birmingham Contract Length: 6 months Senior Data Engineer - Role & Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data models within Microsoft Fabric, supporting enterprise analytics and reporting needs. Lead the migration from Azure Synapse to Microsoft Fabric using a Medallion architecture approach, while ensuring stability of existing Azure and SQL Server environments. Integrate internal systems and third-party data sources into the Fabric platform using APIs and robust data integration patterns. Develop, optimise, and automate ETL workflows, ensuring high standards for data quality, validation, and performance. Deliver and govern Power BI dashboards and reports, while mentoring and upskilling business users to build a self-service analytics capability. Senior Data Engineer - Required Experience...

Senior Data Engineer - Fabric London Hybrid - Outside IR35 We're hiring on behalf of our business we've partnered with for over 8 years, supporting them in building and scaling high-performing technology and data teams. They are now seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer with strong Microsoft Fabric and Power BI expertise to play a key role in delivering enterprise-scale data solutions. This position will be instrumental in supporting a major global ERP transformation programme , ensuring high-quality reporting, robust data pipelines and scalable data warehouse architecture are in place to drive accurate stakeholder insight and business decision-making across international operations. Key Responsibilities Implement data migration strategies using Microsoft Fabric for reporting and stakeholder consumption Design and build data pipelines using Fabric Pipelines, Azure Data Factory, Notebooks and SSIS Model data from multiple sources into structured outputs...

Senior Data Engineer – Analytics (Contract) Hybrid – London/Reading A data engineer is required to deliver insight‑ready datasets and support advanced analytics across a cloud‑based environment. The role focuses on building scalable pipelines, refining complex data sources, and enabling analysts and data scientists with high‑quality, well‑structured data. Key Responsibilities Develop and optimise data pipelines for analytics and modelling. Cleanse, transform, and analyse large datasets using Python/R . Maintain SQL‑driven processing workflows in the cloud. Perform EDA to identify trends, anomalies, and data issues. Collaborate with BI teams to deliver reliable analytical datasets. Skills & Experience Strong SQL and data wrangling. Proficient in Python or R. Experience with large, complex datasets and Power BI. AWS experience preferred: Glue, S3, Athena, Lambda, Redshift, Step Functions . Advantageous: statistics/ML exposure and telecom‑style data...

Senior Data Engineer Contract Role Outside IR35 | £500-550/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...

Senior Azure Data Engineer (Snowflake, Databricks, Dbt)  I'm urgently looking to speak with Senior Contractors bringing significant experience in Databricks + Snowflake, coupled with proven Azure-Databricks project expertise.  You must have valid right to work status in the UK to be considered for this opportunity.  Skills & Experience: - Proven Snowflake & Databricks, hands-on experience  - Significant expertise in Azure-Databricks, with demonstratable, hands-on leadership in Azure-heavy projects - Excellent stakeholder management, able to hit ground running and work closely with senior stakeholders - DBT experience - nice to have  Please note: This role requires someone who can operate autonomously from day one, with strong delivery focus in fast‑paced, enterprise-scale data environments. Reason for role:  Urgent interim replacement  Rate : £500-550 p/d | Outside IR35  Start date : End of March  Working Patterns:  Remote first, 1 week in Milton...

Senior Azure Data Engineer (Snowflake, Databricks, Dbt) I'm urgently looking to speak with Senior Contractors bringing significant experience in Databricks + Snowflake, coupled with proven Azure-Databricks project expertise. You must have valid right to work status in the UK to be considered for this opportunity. Skills & Experience: - Proven Snowflake & Databricks, hands-on experience - Significant expertise in Azure-Databricks, with demonstratable, hands-on leadership in Azure-heavy projects - Excellent stakeholder management, able to hit ground running and work closely with senior stakeholders - DBT experience - nice to have Please note: This role requires someone who can operate autonomously from day one, with strong delivery focus in fast paced, enterprise-scale data environments. Reason for role: Urgent interim replacement Rate : £500-550 p/d | Outside IR35 Start date : End of March Working Patterns: Remote first, 1 week in Milton...

Databricks Lead Engineer – Contract 📍 Central London (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) 💰 £400–£500 p/day (Outside IR35) 📆 6‑month rolling Overview Hands-on Databricks Lead Engineer needed to drive a major data platform re‑engineering programme, migrating complex, high‑volume datasets to a scalable Delta Lake architecture. Key Responsibilities Lead design + implementation of Delta Lake architecture Model and partition large, high-cardinality datasets Build metadata, compaction, and versioning strategies Migrate legacy platforms to Delta / Iceberg formats Support diverse downstream data delivery use cases Define backup/recovery processes (1‑day RTO target) Act as technical lead while staying hands-on Essential Skills Strong Databricks + Delta Lake + Unity Catalog Delta UniForm & Apache Iceberg experience AWS (S3, Lake Formation) Linux development Modern engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, Git) Strong autonomy + problem‑solving Desirable...

Senior Software Developer / Data Engineer - (Contract Outside IR35) In brief We’re looking for well-rounded software developers with experience in data engineering, with a proven ability to tackle complex data challenges, make an excellent impression on clients, and have a high impact on the output of your entire team. We provide a supportive environment with a strong focus on individual career progression, where you will have both the mentorship and project opportunities you need to develop your technical skills. You’ll work in a team alongside other talented developers and data engineers, supported by a Technical Lead. Projects span a range of sizes and multiple sectors and technologies. The role Experience and qualifications You have 4+ years’ experience and a breadth & depth of technical knowledge & expertise, particularly in data engineering, and can solve technical challenges across front-end, back-end, and infrastructure. You have...

*ML Applied Engineer - 6 month initial contract (temporary) - outside IR35 - London - day rate dependent on experience* We are looking for a senior, hands-on Applied ML Engineer to bridge the gap between classical data science and generative AI. This is an initial 6-month contract, with the possibility of a Phase-2 extension subject to successful delivery of first phase 1. The role is focused on delivery, execution, and technical ownership. You will be brought in to accelerate the product roadmap, transitioning capabilities from experimentation into robust, enterprise-grade systems Embedded directly into our products and client solutions. You will be tasked to create Hybrid AI systems: using LLMs to provide interaction and explanation, grounded strictly by quantitative ML models (cost-to-serve, forecasting, and optimisation). You will own the transition from experimental notebooks to enterprise-grade solutions. Key responsibilities and deliverables: AI & Machine...

AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems London - Hybrid. Circa £500 – £675 per day (and negotiable DOE) Contract (Outside IR35) Mid-level, Senior & Lead. Agentic AI / Machine Learning. Company: Our client is a globally established B2B information and professional services business, operating across multiple high-value industry sectors. They have established data science and machine learning engineering teams already delivering in production, and are now expanding their AI capability significantly across the global organisation. This is a role for people who ship. If you've built LLM-powered systems and agentic workflows that are live in production - not demos, not prototypes - and you want to do that at genuine scale, this is worth applying for. What you'll be working on as an AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems: Designing and building AI agents and agentic workflows - combining LLMs, RAG, reasoning, memory and tool orchestration to...

AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems London - Hybrid. Circa £500 – £675 per day (and negotiable DOE) Contract (Outside IR35) Mid-level, Senior & Lead. Agentic AI / Machine Learning. Company: Our client is a globally established B2B information and professional services business, operating across multiple high-value industry sectors. They have established data science and machine learning engineering teams already delivering in production, and are now expanding their AI capability significantly across the global organisation. This is a role for people who ship. If you've built LLM-powered systems and agentic workflows that are live in production - not demos, not prototypes - and you want to do that at genuine scale, this is worth applying for. What you'll be working on as an AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems: Designing and building AI agents and agentic workflows - combining LLMs, RAG, reasoning, memory and tool orchestration to...

Senior Full Stack Engineer: Up to £500 per day Outside IR35: Fully Remote: London A growing EdTech company is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join an ambitious team building a creator-led tutoring platform. They are moving fast and building something genuinely new in education. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will work closely with the engineering team, ship features end-to-end, and see your code reach real users within days. Key Responsibilities as a Senior Full Stack Engineer: Build and ship features across the full stack Design and implement APIs and database schemas for new product features Integrate and optimise video streaming infrastructure Work with AI and ML models to power personalised tutoring features Implement payment flows and subscription management via Stripe Skills & Key Requirements: Strong React and Next.js skills Proficiency with Claude Code and agentic development patterns PostgreSQL experience: complex queries,...

Data Engineer £450-475 per day | Outside IR35 | SC Cleared Public Sector Programme | Mid/Late April 2026 Start We're recruiting for an SC-cleared Data Engineer to join a major public sector programme delivering critical data capability in a secure, operational environment. This is a hands-on role for someone who can build and improve data pipelines, shape robust data models, and work directly with stakeholders to turn operational requirements into effective technical solutions. You'll be joining at a key point in the programme, with work focused on enhancing existing datasets and pipelines, alongside potential greenfield development as new datasets are introduced. The role is highly stakeholder-facing, so strong communication skills are essential alongside solid technical delivery capability. Key responsibilities Build, enhance and optimise data pipelines Translate business and operational requirements into schemas, data models and efficient data jobs Improve...

Data Operations Engineer – Contract Role Outside IR35 | £375-425/day | London | Hybrid | Initial 8 Months We’re supporting a global financial services client in building a brand‑new Data Operations function to support their AWS‑based data platform. This is a hands‑on operational role where you’ll help ensure data quality, reliability, and timely delivery across critical data workflows used by internal and external consumers. Looking for someone with 3-6 years’ experience in data operations, data quality, reference/market data, or investment data support - someone who enjoys problem‑solving, understanding how data behaves end‑to‑end, and working closely with engineering and business teams to resolve issues. Key Responsibilities Monitor daily data pipelines and inbound/outbound data feeds across the AWS data platform. Perform SQL-based data validation, reconciliation, and exception handling. Investigate data quality issues (late/missing feeds, schema...

Morela is supporting a leading data consultancy on a nationally significant data programme, and we're looking for a hands-on Data Architect to take genuine ownership of the platform architecture, not just lead from a distance, but design and build alongside the team. You'll be responsible for ontology design, data pipeline architecture, and data modelling from scratch, while guiding a team of engineers through implementation and acting as the technical authority with key stakeholders. What you must bring: Deep, hands-on Data Architecture experience, you’ve designed and built complex data platforms yourself, not just directed others. Proven ability to design ontologies from the ground up within large or complex environments. Strong data modelling skills across conceptual, logical, and physical layers. End-to-end data pipeline architecture experience, including ingestion, transformation, governance, and optimisation. The confidence to operate as the technical authority,...

Morela is supporting a leading data consultancy on a nationally significant data programme, and we're looking for a hands-on Data Architect to take genuine ownership of the platform architecture, not just lead from a distance, but design and build alongside the team. You'll be responsible for ontology design, data pipeline architecture, and data modelling from scratch, while guiding a team of engineers through implementation and acting as the technical authority with key stakeholders. What you must bring: Deep, hands-on Data Architecture experience, you've designed and built complex data platforms yourself, not just directed others. Proven ability to design ontologies from the ground up within large or complex environments. Strong data modelling skills across conceptual, logical, and physical layers. End-to-end data pipeline architecture experience, including ingestion, transformation, governance, and optimisation. The confidence to operate as the technical authority,...

Data Operations Engineer - Contract Role Outside IR35 | £375-425/day | London | Hybrid | Initial 8 Months We're supporting a global financial services client in building a brand-new Data Operations function to support their AWS-based data platform. This is a hands-on operational role where you'll help ensure data quality, reliability, and timely delivery across critical data workflows used by internal and external consumers. Looking for someone with 3-6 years' experience in data operations, data quality, reference/market data, or investment data support - someone who enjoys problem-solving, understanding how data behaves end-to-end, and working closely with engineering and business teams to resolve issues. Key Responsibilities Monitor daily data pipelines and inbound/outbound data feeds across the AWS data platform. Perform SQL-based data validation, reconciliation, and exception handling. Investigate data quality issues (late/missing feeds, schema changes, incorrect...

DevOps Engineer | Outside IR35 | 12 months | Active SC | £500 p/d SR2 is working with a long-standing delivery partner on the major public sector project, supporting modern DevOps enablement across platform and product teams. We're looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer with strong Kubernetes experience to join a specialist platform engineering function. This team acts as an enabler - helping application teams adopt DevOps best practices via reusable tooling, scalable platforms, and robust CI/CD. This is a 12-month contract, Outside IR35, and offers a chance to shape the DevOps culture of a critical Defence programme. Due to the quick turn around for this role, the client requires all applicants to currently have active SC clearance; unfortunately they cannot put you through this if you do not already have it. Key Responsibilities: Lead DevOps delivery across secure, containerised Defence platforms. Build and enhance AWS infrastructure using Terraform, with MODCloud...

Integration Engineer (must be eligible for SC clearance) £550 per day Outside IR35 Contract/6 months Hybrid - 3 days a week in Stevenage The Company Akkodis is a global leader in engineering, technology, and R&D, harnessing the power of connected data to drive digital transformation and innovation for a smarter, more sustainable future. As part of the Adecco Group, Akkodis employs over 50,000 engineers and digital specialists across 30 countries in North America, EMEA, and APAC. Our teams bring extensive cross-sector knowledge in critical technology areas such as mobility, software services, robotics, simulations, cybersecurity, AI, and data analytics, enabling clients to tackle complex challenges in today's rapidly evolving markets. The Role I am looking for an experienced Integration Engineer to join our software & integration team. In this role, you'll be responsible for the discovery, design, and documentation of integrations across our cloud platforms,...