56 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...

Data Engineer/Architect | 6-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | £550-£650/day | Hybrid (London) I'm currently recruiting for a Data Engineer/Architect to support a large-scale data transformation programme, with a particular focus on designing and migrating data pipelines from Legacy platforms into a modern cloud-based data environment. This role would suit someone who is hands-on enough to understand how data engineering solutions are delivered, but who also has the architectural capability to define target-state designs, migration approaches, and best practice across the wider programme. You'll be working closely with technical and business stakeholders to assess the current data landscape, design future-state data solutions, and create scalable migration strategies for a large number of existing data pipelines. A key part of the role will involve translating business and technical requirements into robust, efficient and maintainable data architectures. The organisation is...

Senior Data Engineer London | Flexible, hybrid working pattern | Outside IR35 | 12-month engagement We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to shape modern data platforms, solve complex engineering challenges, and deliver data solutions that create business value. You'll join an organisation investing heavily in its data capabilities, working alongside architects, analysts, data scientists, and engineering teams to build production-grade data platforms supporting analytics, AI, and operational decision-making. Why Join? Work on large-scale data and cloud transformation initiatives Influence architecture, engineering standards, and platform strategy Deliver solutions with measurable business impact Join a collaborative team of experienced data professionals Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable data products and pipelines Own solutions from requirements gathering through to deployment and monitoring Develop cloud-native data platforms using...

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...

Senior Data Engineer (Databricks) – Contract Bristol | Office-first, then hybrid Initial 3 months, likely to extend | Up to £550 per day, outside IR35 Help build a new data platform from the ground up. My client is growing its technology team and building a SaaS data platform on Microsoft Azure for enterprise customers. The team is small, based in Bristol and moves fast. They need a hands-on Databricks specialist to stand up the platform, get the first pipelines live and set the patterns that future work will build on. What you’ll be doing Standing up Azure Databricks as code: workspaces, Unity Catalog, permissions and environments Building reusable, config-driven frameworks for ingestion, medallion layers, data quality and publishing Delivering pipelines end to end, from source systems through to a modelled gold layer published to Azure SQL Implementing CDC ingestion with full history Setting engineering standards: CI/CD, testing, environment promotion,...

Senior Full-Stack Java Engineer | Up to £550/day Outside IR35 | Bristol Hybrid About the role We’re hiring a Senior Full-Stack Java Engineer on an initial 3-month contract for a PE-backed digital consultancy. The contract is likely to be extended. The client is building its own SaaS platform on Microsoft Azure. The platform connects data from enterprise systems and gives users dashboards, workflow, exception management and scenario analysis. You’ll work hands-on with the Tech Lead across the whole product. The main focus is the Java and Spring Boot services, with work on the Node and React front ends and internal tooling too. Key responsibilities Build and harden Java 21+ and Spring Boot services, including user management, access control, audit and notifications Extend Node and TypeScript services that calculate metrics and serve dashboards Build data-dense React screens for dashboards, workflow and administration Develop the internal tooling used to...

Databricks Technical Lead l Contract | 12 Months | Outside IR35 l Up to £1,000 per day | Remote first, occasional on-site (Midlands & South East) The role Method Resourcing have been asked by one of our consulting partners to find a hands-on Databricks Technical Lead to design and deliver a new Azure Databricks platform for a major life sciences organisation replacing its enterprise data and analytics stack. The programme uses AI and LLM tooling to reverse-engineer existing pipelines, business logic and reports into documented, tested code. You'll mentor three senior data engineers, own the technical architecture and stay hands-on in development. What you'll do Architect and build the platform on Azure Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, medallion architecture) Use AI agents and LLMs to reverse-engineer Legacy reports, queries and transformations, and build repeatable AI-assisted processes for code generation, testing and migration Build automated testing 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...

Data Engineer - AWS, Python & Airflow Rate: £550 per day, outside IR35 Location: Remote Duration: Initial 6-month contract, with a further 12-month extension planned Clearance: Active SC clearance, used within the last 12 months Nationality: Sole British nationals only; dual citizenship is not permitted The opportunity We're urgently looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong AWS, Python and Apache Airflow skills to join a programme on an initial six-month contract. You'll help build and maintain reliable data pipelines, develop cloud-based data solutions and make data available for downstream analytics and programme requirements. This opportunity would suit someone who combines practical engineering skills with a focus on data quality, reliability and maintainability. Experience supporting machine learning or artificial intelligence programmes would be valuable. Marine or geospatial data experience would also be a significant advantage,...

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...

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....

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 -...

Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible requirement for an urgent start. The Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible will be working on a public sector AWS Data Platform. The Role: Ingesting data from relational databases, file transfers and APIs into an S3-based data lake Building ELT pipelines with dbt and Amazon Athena, using Apache Iceberg tables Writing and scheduling workflows in Apache Airflow Using Python for pre-processing, validation and automation, with tests in pytest Managing infrastructure as code with Terraform, and shipping through GitHub Actions CI/CD Building data quality checks so issues are caught before users see them Helping analysts and data scientists find, understand and use the data you deliver Keeping documentation current, so others can pick up your work Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible Key Skills: Commercial experience building...

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...

Senior & Principal AI Delivery Consultants - Capital Markets Outside IR35 and Hybrid Working Location: London Start date: ASAP Contract requirement: 2-4 consultants, with the strongest two candidates prioritised for initial presentation. We are supporting a Tier-1 global financial institution looking to bring in experienced AI consultants who have successfully delivered commercial AI solutions into live production environments. The bank has several AI initiatives underway but needs additional engineering capacity to move projects beyond experimentation and into production. Previous permanent hiring efforts have not filled the requirement, so the priority is to identify high-quality consultants who can start quickly and deliver from day one. These are hands-on delivery roles, not research, advisory or proof-of-concept positions. Consultants will be responsible for designing and building AI solutions, integrating them into the bank's existing technology...

Full Stack Engineer | Cross Asset Trading | React, C#, .NET, SQL Server | London | Hybrid 1-2 days onsite | Up to £550 p/day | Outside IR35 We’re working with a cross-asset trading business that’s firmly tech-first, where engineering sits at the heart of how the firm operates. They’re looking for a Full Stack Developer to join on a contract basis and help build the applications their traders and teams rely on every day. On the technical side, this is a front end-led role, with roughly 60% of your time in React, 30% across .NET, C# and API development, and the remaining 10% in SQL Server. Experience with the modern React ecosystem will set you apart, particularly the TanStack suite, which has become the industry standard for data access and routing. Just as important, you’ll bring a background in regulated environments. Finance can be a tricky space to step into cold, so a solid grasp of the vocabulary and an understanding of models and funds work will help you hit the...

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...