41 contract data engineer jobs found

Job Title: Contract Data Engineer - SC Cleared Location: UK Remote Duration: 6 months Day rate: Competitive market rate - Outside IR35 Responsibilities Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines on AWS Develop and orchestrate workflows using Airflow (or Prefect) Ingest, transform and model data so it is reliable and ready for analytics and machine learning Work with data scientists to support ML and computer vision workloads, including model training and tracking pipelines Write clean, tested, production-grade Python and SQL Work with DevOps Engineers on deploying pipelines into a Kubernetes and Terraform environment Follow secure engineering practices suitable for a government programme Requirements Active SC Clearance (essential) British Citizenship (essential, due to the secure nature of the project) Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer Advanced Python and SQL Pipeline orchestration with Airflow or Prefect Hands-on experience...

Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake - dbt - Python - Manchester - Contract We're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join a project building a new platform. The focus of the role is on data ingestion, transformation and reporting, with data being integrated into Snowflake. Key Responsibilities: Extract and integrate data from REST APIs Build and maintain data pipelines into Snowflake Support MI reporting and data requirements Develop and manage data transformations using dbt Work with Python and orchestration tools such as Windmill or Apache Airflow Essential Skills: Strong Python experience Hands-on Snowflake experience Experience with dbt Experience extracting data via REST APIs Experience with Windmill, Apache Airflow, or similar orchestration tools Strong data engineering and pipeline development experience Contract Details: Rate: Up to £400 per day (Outside IR35) Location: Manchester Working Pattern: 4 days per week...

Data Engineer Document & Retrieval Pipelines | SC Cleared Morela is supporting a specialist technology consultancy on a high-profile defence AI programme, and we are looking for a Data Engineer to own the document and retrieval pipelines behind a set of AI-enabled planning tools. This is a contract role on a two-year programme, Outside IR35, based in Central London. Active SC clearance is required. About the Client Our client is a specialist technology consultancy that embeds engineers directly into government and defence delivery teams. They are known for long-term programme work and for giving their engineers genuine ownership of what they build. This is one of their most strategically important programmes. The Role You will join a team building AI-enabled planning tools. The core of the role is document and retrieval pipelines: getting messy, real-world documents in, then making them structured, searchable and measurable. The first increment produced working...

Data Engineer Document & Retrieval Pipelines | SC Cleared Morela is supporting a specialist technology consultancy on a high-profile defence AI programme, and we are looking for a Data Engineer to own the document and retrieval pipelines behind a set of AI-enabled planning tools. This is a contract role on a two-year programme, Outside IR35, based in Central London. Active SC clearance is required. About the Client Our client is a specialist technology consultancy that embeds engineers directly into government and defence delivery teams. They are known for long-term programme work and for giving their engineers genuine ownership of what they build. This is one of their most strategically important programmes. The Role You will join a team building AI-enabled planning tools. The core of the role is document and retrieval pipelines: getting messy, real-world documents in, then making them structured, searchable and measurable. The first increment produced...

I’m recruiting for a Contract ML Data Engineer with Databricks, AWS and streaming experience. Key details: Stack: Databricks on AWS, PySpark, Spark Structured Streaming, Kafka/Kinesis, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Python and SQL Experience: High-volume streaming pipelines and feature engineering for production ML models Day rate: £400–£500 per day (negotiable) Length: 3 months, with a possible extension to the end of Q1 2027 Status: Outside IR35 Location: Hybrid in London, 2 days per week Start: Immediate You’ll own the pipeline from the event stream through to the feature store, working closely with data scientists to build features for a click-through-rate ranking model. The environment processes over 10 billion events per day, so production streaming experience is key. If you’re open to hearing more, please send me your CV to c.birch@dumont-group.com and let me know a good time for a quick call.

Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake - dbt - Python - Manchester - Contract We're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join a project building a new platform. The focus of the role is on data ingestion, transformation and reporting, with data being integrated into Snowflake. Key Responsibilities: Extract and integrate data from REST APIs Build and maintain data pipelines into Snowflake Support MI reporting and data requirements Develop and manage data transformations using dbt Work with Python and orchestration tools such as Windmill or Apache Airflow Essential Skills: Strong Python experience Hands-on Snowflake experience Experience with dbt Experience extracting data via REST APIs Experience with Windmill, Apache Airflow, or similar orchestration tools Strong data engineering and pipeline development experience Contract Details: Rate: Up to £400 per day (Outside IR35) Location: Manchester Working Pattern: 4 days per week...

Talentmark are recruiting for an AI Automation/Application Engineer to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12 months. This role is hybrid, with the office in Welwyn Garden City. Company: Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year. Salary: £377.54 - £453.04 per day (PAYE) or £500 - £600 per day (Umbrella/Ltd). This contract can be outside of IR35. Rates are dependent upon experience. AI Automation Engineer Role: Build and maintain AI skills and agents that take on repetitive work, such as self-assembling reports and presentations, document checks and request-to-system workflows Develop agentified dashboards in R Shiny (or Shiny for Python) with built-in AI assistants that explain trends, flag issues and...

Role: AI Automation / Application Engineer Location: Welwyn (Hybrid) Hours: Full-time Pay: £377.54 – £453.04 PAYE basic / £500 – £600 UMB / LTD per day Contract: 12 months – Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP – Ideally before Christmas, although January can be considered (no later than January). - An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced AI Automation / Application Engineer to join one of our longstanding clients in Welwyn. This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on technology professional to develop AI solutions, build intelligent applications and automate business processes using AI agents and automated workflows. - Benefits: Hybrid working Free, on-site parking 25 days holiday + bank holidays - The Requirements: Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Minimum 3 years' experience building data...

Talentmark are recruiting for an AI Automation/Application Engineer to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12 months. This role is hybrid, with the office in Welwyn Garden City. Company: Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year. Salary: £377.54 - £453.04 per day (PAYE) or £500 - £600 per day (Umbrella/Ltd). This contract can be outside of IR35. Rates are dependent upon experience. AI Automation Engineer Role: Build and maintain AI skills and agents that take on repetitive work, such as self-assembling reports and presentations, document checks and request-to-system workflows Develop agentified dashboards in R Shiny (or Shiny for Python) with built-in AI assistants that...

Azure Platform Engineer | Contract | Outside IR35 Outside IR35 | London Market Insurance We are working with a leading London Market insurer looking for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to deliver a new cloud sandbox platform. This is a hands on engineering assignment focused on building a secure, automated Azure environment that allows development and technology teams to provision temporary infrastructure for testing, experimentation and proof of concept activities. The platform architecture and strategy have already been defined. The successful contractor will take ownership of the technical implementation, automation and delivery through to operational handover. Key Responsibilities Build and configure Azure infrastructure to support secure, isolated sandbox environments. Develop reusable Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks to automate infrastructure provisioning. Implement automated deployment workflows using GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions....

Detection Engineer - £450 per day (Outside IR35) 3-month contract (Quarterly rolling) - Berkshire (hybrid) SIEM Migration/ArcSight/Google SecOps/Chronicle We are seeking an experienced Detection Engineer/Content Developer with strong SIEM content development and migration expertise. Key Skills/Responsibilities: Develop, modify and optimise detection content across SIEM platforms. Analyse existing detection logic and translate correlation rules between SIEM technologies, particularly ArcSight and Google SecOps. Create new detection rules from scratch based on security requirements and threat scenarios. Validate migrated and newly developed detections to ensure equivalent coverage, accuracy and performance. Work with security teams to improve detection capabilities and reduce gaps in coverage. Strong hands-on detection engineering and content development experience. Proven experience migrating detection content between SIEM platforms. Ability to...

Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision) - Contract 3 months | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | £450-£500 per day I'm recruiting for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to support a time-critical image analysis project for an established organisation. This is an initial 3-month contract, working fully remotely, where you'll be responsible for developing and delivering machine learning solutions focused on image analysis and computer vision. We're looking for someone who has genuine commercial experience building and deploying ML solutions, rather than someone whose experience is primarily theoretical or research-based. The project is being delivered within a Microsoft Azure environment, so hands-on Azure experience is essential. We're flexible on programming language, provided you have strong machine learning and computer vision experience. What we're looking for: Strong commercial experience as a Machine Learning Engineer, AI Engineer or Computer...

Application Support Engineer - DV Cleared Our client is urgently looking for an experienced Application Support Engineer to join their team on a contract basis, initially for 6 months with a view to extend. Please note, the role is OUTSIDE of IR35. You must hold live UKIC DV. The role is on-site 4 days per week in Gloucester. Application Support Engineer - Key Skills: Must hold a live UKIC DV Understanding of networking and software architectures Understanding of structured text formats: JSON, XML, CSV The below skills are nice to have: Exposure to programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go API definitions: Swagger/Open API 3 Shell scripting AWS or other cloud platforms' administration Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar roles Infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (eg Terraform, Ansible) CI/CD pipelines and automation practices Understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting systems Kubernetes -...

Outside IR35 - Initial 6-month with extension opportunities Rate: Up to £600/day Location: Mayfair AWS Cloud Security Consultant | Outside IR35 Opportunity type: Contract (Outside IR35) Rate: £600/day Location: Hybrid (3 days/week onsite) Duration: Initial 6-month contract with extension opportunities Start: ASAP About you: You are a highly skilled AWS Security Engineer with expert-level cloud infrastructure capabilities. you will demonstrate advanced proficiency in AWS cloud environments, with deep technical expertise in network security architecture, including comprehensive skills in Firewall configuration, antivirus implementation, and sophisticated network monitoring using tools like CloudWatch, strong experience in enterprise storage solutions, Citrix integration, and system performance optimization are REQUIRED SKILLS . Experience designing and maintaining robust, secure cloud infrastructures that protect critical trading data and...

Data Platform Engineer - Contract £500-£550 per day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote | Working US Hours Devonshire Hayes is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to help build and improve data observability, data quality and platform capabilities, enabling data engineering teams to deliver reliable, efficient pipelines. Key responsibilities: Build out a data observability platform to provide tracking, control, operational monitoring and visibility across end-to-end data pipelines and data usage. Develop reusable data quality components and frameworks to identify, investigate and resolve data quality issues. Monitor and optimise Snowflake performance and costs. Create reusable components and frameworks to support data engineering teams. Support and manage data platforms, including Snowflake, Talend, Matillion, ThoughtSpot, Power BI and Ataccama. Essential experience: Strong data expertise, with hands-on experience building data...

Help shape AI-driven security operations at a Fintech, using tools such as CrowdStrike and Wiz to strengthen threat detection and response. Salary: £500 - 550 per day Senior Security Engineer A Fintech requires a contract Senior Security Engineer who will be responsible for enhancing threat detection, SIEM capabilities and incident response across a complex, cloud-native environment. The role has a strong focus on automation and AI-driven SecOps, using tools such as CrowdStrike and Wiz to improve security monitoring, detection and response capabilities. Day Rate: £500-£550pd. IR35 Status: Outside. Travel: 5 days a week in Central London Office. Duration: Initial 6 months. Key Responsibilities: Build, develop and continuously improve SIEM detection capabilities, creating and refining complex detection rules, alerts and dashboards to identify threats across end-user and production environments, using the MITRE ATT&CK framework....

Python/React Full Stack Engineer 3-month contract (initially) Remote Working Outside-IR35 Market Rates (c£500 to £525 per day) The Opportunity: We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer with experience specifically with Python and React, to support the development of a public sector digital service, where you will be working within an Agile team, combining hands-on development with automation and operational delivery to build secure, reliable software. This opportunity suits engineers who enjoy building applications and taking responsibility for how they are tested, deployed and supported and is a hands-on role combining full stack software engineering, cloud deployment and DevOps practices. You will take ownership of changes throughout the delivery lifecycle, from backlog refinement and development through testing, deployment and operational handover, working across React and TypeScript interfaces, Python Back-End services and AWS infrastructure, taking features from...

Senior Security Engineer A Fintech requires a Contract Senior Security Engineer who will be responsible for enhancing threat detection, SIEM capabilities and incident response across a complex, cloud native environment. The role has a strong focus on automation and AI-driven SecOps, using tools such as CrowdStrike and Wiz to improve security monitoring, detection and response capabilities. Day Rate: £500-£550pd IR35 Status: Outside Travel: 5 days a week in Central London Office Duration: Initial 6 months Key Responsibilities: Build, develop and continuously improve SIEM detection capabilities, creating and refining complex detection rules, alerts and dashboards to identify threats across end user and production environments, using the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Investigate and respond to security incidents, working across SIEM, EDR and cloud security platforms to manage the full incident lifecycle, from alert triage and investigation through to containment,...

Nutanix Infrastructure Engineer Technologies: Nutanix, Prism Central, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, VMware ESXi, NSX, Network Segmentation, Firewall, Data Centre Infrastructure. 12-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | Brighton (3 Days Onsite - 2 days remote) We are seeking an experienced Nutanix Infrastructure Engineer to support a major infrastructure transformation programme within a large utilities organisation. The project involves introducing and deploying Nutanix across approximately six operational sites, while maintaining the existing VMware estate. The successful candidate will support the initial data centre deployment, implementation and ongoing operational management. Key Responsibilities Deploy, configure and implement Nutanix infrastructure across multiple sites. Support the setup and configuration of the Nutanix data centre environment. Manage and maintain Nutanix through Prism Central. Provide ongoing operational support across Nutanix and VMware...

Data Engineer (Informatica) | Up to £700/day Outside IR35 | Remote with Minimal Travel to Yorkshire We're supporting a well-established organisation undertaking a significant business systems and data transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join the team on a 12-month contract. This role will focus on designing and developing data integrations, ETL processes, data warehouse solutions, and reporting capabilities, whilst helping to modernise and automate data flows across the business. Key Responsibilities Design and build data integrations between business applications Develop and maintain ETL processes and data warehouse solutions Work with stakeholders to understand data challenges and define technical requirements Automate and optimise manual data processes Develop reporting and dashboard solutions Support data quality, testing, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives Essential Experience 5+ years' experience in...