14 contract data engineer jobs found

Contract Outside IR35 Senior Data Engineer- Energy Trading - London Up to £600 per day *Only candidates with Power / Gas / LNG / Oil / Ags / Metals commercial experience will be considered* Global Energy Trading company is embarking on a new Digitalisation Program, to transform how data is managed and utilised within the Energy business. The ambition is to deliver next generation of big data infrastructure, develop a range of data-driven, highly automated data pipelines to facilitate and enhance the trading business, as well as optimisation of physical assets. Working together with the Data Team, you will be developing the next generation of Data Infrastructure. Working with data pipelines, data management, and data analysis to help automate and optimise business. The role will require versatility as the individual will be required to work on Python related projects in addition. The role Develop, construct, test and maintain data pipelines...

Contract Outside IR35 Senior Data Engineer/Python/C# Developer - Energy Trading - London Up to £600 per day *Only candidates with Power/Gas/LNG/Oil/Ags/Metals commercial experience will be considered* Global Energy Trading company is embarking on a new Digitalisation Program, to transform how data is managed and utilised within the Energy business. The ambition is to deliver next generation of big data infrastructure, develop a range of data-driven, highly automated data pipelines to facilitate and enhance the trading business, as well as optimisation of physical assets. Working together with the Data Team, you will be developing the next generation of Data Infrastructure. Working with data pipelines, data management, and data analysis to help automate and optimise business. The role will require versatility as the individual will be required to work on Python and/or C# related projects in addition. The role Develop, construct, test and maintain data pipelines...

Senior Data Engineer - Outside IR35 - Contract (Insurance Client) About the role Softwire is seeking an experienced Data Engineer with a strong knowledge of Python (including PySpark) and SQL, and a good understanding of software engineering best practices (including SDLC, CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps) to join an established small team working on delivering a data & analytics platform in Microsoft Fabric for a speciality insurance provider. This is a senior, hands-on role that will require owning and delivering workstreams independently while supporting a junior team member. Key Responsibilities Building new ingestion pipelines in Microsoft Fabric using Python (PySpark) notebooks Modelling data for consumption in Power BI through a dimensional gold warehouse layer and a semantic model Improving platform performance Working across cross-functional areas such as logging, monitoring (with Azure Log Analytics and Fabric) and data governance (within...

Contract Data Engineering Manager - Outside IR35 - £650-£710 per day Role: Contract Data Engineering Manager Determination: Outside IR35 Technologies: Azure / Typical Data Engineering Stack Location: London - 2-3 days per week Duration: 6 months with view to extend Our client, a Private Equity organization are on the lookout for a Contract Data Engineering Manager. This role is pivotal in that this organization is currently undergoing a huge AI & Data Transformation and we need a Contract Data Engineering Manager to come on board and help facilitate delivery as they go through a critical stage. We need this Contract Data Engineering Manager to have good leadership skills and be able to partner alongside the VP Data effectively to support company goals. Whilst not out and out hands on as a Contract Data Engineering Manager, we do require that capability in order to step in and support or indeed challenge where necessary. If this role sounds like...

This role is delivered within secure environments. Candidates must be eligible for UK SC and DV clearance and hold UK Citizenship. Opening: Join the Mission At ByDesign Secure, we believe that world-class security shouldn't be an afterthought—it should be the foundation. We are an independent, outputs-based consultancy dedicated to solving the most complex data assurance challenges in the UK public sector. Currently, we are working on a landmark transformation of a cross-government secure IT system. This is an exciting opportunity to help architect a private cloud environment from the ground up and modernize the end-user services that power national decision-making. We don't believe in ʺbilling by the hourʺ or rigid hierarchies; we are a lean, expert team focused on delivering high-impact technical outcomes. If you are a self-starter who thrives on autonomy and wants to see your engineering or architectural decisions shape the future of sovereign security, we want to talk to...

AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems London - Hybrid. Circa £550 – £650 per day (negotiable DOE) Contract (Outside IR35) 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 solve real, complex business...

Lead Backend Software Engineer – Data Services Federated Data Services | Distributed Systems | Apache Spark | DataFusion | Python | Kubernetes Location: London (2 days per week onsite) Rate: £700–£800 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: Initial 6-month contract with likely extension Overview We're looking for an experienced Lead Backend Software Engineer to join a high-profile programme building secure, cloud-native data services that will support data-driven research and innovation at national scale. This is a founding engineering role, offering the opportunity to shape the architecture, engineering standards, and core data services from the ground up. Working closely with the Engineering Manager and a small team of senior engineers, you'll establish the technical foundations for a complex federated data platform operating within a highly regulated environment. We're looking for someone who enjoys building from first principles, thrives in ambiguity, and...

Lead Backend Software Engineer - Data Services Federated Data Services | Distributed Systems | Apache Spark | DataFusion | Python | Kubernetes Location: London (2 days per week onsite) Rate: £700-£800 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: Initial 6-month contract with likely extension Overview We're looking for an experienced Lead Backend Software Engineer to join a high-profile programme building secure, cloud-native data services that will support data-driven research and innovation at national scale. This is a founding engineering role, offering the opportunity to shape the architecture, engineering standards, and core data services from the ground up. Working closely with the Engineering Manager and a small team of senior engineers, you'll establish the technical foundations for a complex federated data platform operating within a highly regulated environment. We're looking for someone who enjoys building from first principles, thrives in ambiguity, and can balance...

Lead Backend Software Engineer - Data Services Federated Data Services | Distributed Systems | Apache Spark | DataFusion | Python | Kubernetes Location: London (2 days per week onsite) Rate: £700 - £800 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: Initial 6-month contract with likely extension Overview We 're looking for an experienced Lead Backend Software Engineer to join a high-profile programme building secure, cloud-native data services that will support data-driven research and innovation at national scale. This is a founding engineering role, offering the opportunity to shape the architecture, engineering standards, and core data services from the ground up. Working closely with the Engineering Manager and a small team of senior engineers, you 'll establish the technical foundations for a complex federated data platform operating within a highly regulated environment. We 're looking for someone who enjoys building from first principles, thrives in...

Agentic AI Engineer – Outside IR35 | Fully Remote | 12-Month Contract | Role: Agentic AI Engineer Location: Fully Remote Contract Length: 12 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 I'm working with an innovative MedTech organisation at the forefront of AI-driven healthcare solutions. They are looking for a highly skilled Agentic AI Engineer to join their team on a long-term contract and help scale cutting-edge intelligent systems. Key Responsibilities Design and build agentic AI systems using modern LLM frameworks Develop and deploy Generative AI solutions across production environments Work with structured and unstructured data using Python & PySpark Implement Claude Code / LLM-based workflows for real-time decision-making Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into existing platforms Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned with regulatory requirements Key Skills & Experience Strong experience with Agentic AI architectures...

Agentic AI Engineer - Outside IR35 | Fully Remote | 12-Month Contract | Role: Agentic AI Engineer Location: Fully Remote Contract Length: 12 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 I'm working with an innovative MedTech organisation at the forefront of AI-driven healthcare solutions. They are looking for a highly skilled Agentic AI Engineer to join their team on a long-term contract and help scale cutting-edge intelligent systems. Key Responsibilities Design and build agentic AI systems using modern LLM frameworks Develop and deploy Generative AI solutions across production environments Work with structured and unstructured data using Python & PySpark Implement Claude Code/LLM-based workflows for Real Time decision-making Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into existing platforms Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned with regulatory requirements Key Skills & Experience Strong experience with Agentic AI...

Agentic AI Engineer - Outside IR35 | Fully Remote | 12-Month Contract | Role: Agentic AI Engineer Location: Fully Remote Contract Length: 12 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 I 'm working with an innovative MedTech organisation at the forefront of AI-driven healthcare solutions. They are looking for a highly skilled Agentic AI Engineer to join their team on a long-term contract and help scale cutting-edge intelligent systems. Key Responsibilities Design and build agentic AI systems using modern LLM frameworks Develop and deploy Generative AI solutions across production environments Work with structured and unstructured data using Python & PySpark Implement Claude Code / LLM-based workflows for real-time decision-making Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into existing platforms Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned with regulatory requirements Key Skills & Experience...

Contract Full Stack / Backend Engineer III - Trust & Safety Platforms Duration: 6-Month Contract (with potential for extension) Location: 100% Remote (UK-based) Inside/Outside IR35: Insert IR35 The Opportunity We are looking for a Senior Full Stack / Backend Engineer (Level III) to join the Trust & Safety / Policy Platform team for one of the world's leading, household-name audio streaming platforms. If you are a backend-heavy engineer who enjoys the autonomy of building robust APIs and crafting the internal web tools that power them, this contract is for you. What You'll Do Engineers at Scale: Build and scale the core APIs and services that expose complex policy logic across detection, enforcement, and compliance surfaces. Data & ML Pipelines: Model data for strict auditability, versioning, and efficient querying, feeding structured datasets directly into downstream machine learning models. Empower Internal Teams: Design and implement intuitive,...

Senior Software Engineer - Outside IR35 - Contract (Insurance) About the role Essential: Self-starter, someone who can pick up context quickly, drive outcomes efficiently, and to a high quality Competent in doing high-level designs, solution management, and scoping Understanding of data modelling best practices Ability to translate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders and bring them on the journey Experience working in an agile delivery environment Experience working with React, TypeScript, Azure, Microsoft SQL, and Databricks (if they don’t have all of these, that’s workable, but be good to understand any they don’t have experience with) Frontend: React + TypeScript + Vite Material UI with Emotion for styling TanStack React Query 5 for server state React Router 7 React Hook Form+Yup for forms/validation MSAL for Entra ID auth Jest+Testing Library for unit tests; Playwrightfor E2E and visual tests Hosted as an Azure Static...