50 contract data engineer jobs found

Senior Data Engineer - Contract - Python/ Azure/ airflow/ TypeScript/ APIs Outside IR35 | £600–£800/day | 6 months initially | August/September start Senior contract Data Engineers for an initial 6-month contract, helping scale the data layer behind a global investment platform. The project is about turning that fragmented data into a clean, scalable and reliable data layer. Data engineer deliverables: Build and evolve data ingestion pipelines from multiple external data sources Design scalable data models across complex investment data Build APIs and product-facing data services Solve reconciliation and data-quality problems at scale Develop lakehouse and streaming capabilities Improve reliability, observability and performance Develop AI-driven approaches to ingestion, processing and reconciliation Technology environment: Core: TypeScript, Python, SQL, Azure Data engineering: Azure Data Lake, Airflow, Delta, lakehouse architecture,...

Data Engineer: Contract | Up to £400/day outside IR35 | Hybrid, London | 6 months initial A major consumer goods business is seeking a contract Data Engineer. The programme is consolidating a fragmented estate and standardising how things are done across the group. It's early days, the team is lean and the structure is still being shaped. As a Data Engineer, you'd be building and maintaining the pipelines that take data from disparate Legacy systems across the group and get it into a shared, reliable platform, working closely with senior engineers on the wider platform direction. There's a genuine green field element here, with real support from more senior members of the team as patterns and standards continue to be established. As a contract Data Engineer you'll be competent in: Building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines across cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) Working with modern data stack tooling such as dbt, Airflow, Databricks or Snowflake Supporting the...

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...

Senior Data Engineer Outside IR35 Contract 6 Months 1 Day pw in London £550 - 700pd Harvey Nash are working with a global mining company, who are looking to bolster their team with an experienced Senior Data Engineer on a contract basis. The role requires 1 day pw in London - Goodge St station 1 min walk away. Essential experience: SQL - Query optimisation, indexing strategy, performance diagnosis Azure - Data Factory, Databricks, DevOps Spark, Synapse, PowerBI Stakeholder Management Individual contributor, standard setter, strong communicator Contract Details: 6 Months - extensions possible Outside IR35 £550 - 700pd Hybrid - 1 day pw in London (near Goodge St Station) ASAP Start If you're interested in this position, please apply now.

Contract Databricks Data Engineer (x2) Location: Primarily Remote (Occasional travel to Worthing, including first day) Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £400 per day IR35 Status: Outside IR35 The Opportunity We're supporting a major organisation that has invested heavily in a modern Databricks-powered data platform, transforming the way data is delivered across the business and enhancing the digital services available to its customers. The business has developed a sophisticated customer-facing portal that leverages high-quality, accessible data to improve user experiences and provide customers with greater visibility and control over their financial journeys. As demand for data services continues to grow, they are looking to bring in two Databricks Data Engineers to support the ongoing evolution and day-to-day operation of the platform. This is an excellent opportunity for engineers who enjoy working within established cloud data environments, contributing across data...

Contract Databricks Data Engineer Role - Remote - £400/pd Please note - this is an Outside IR35 contract role which will require occasional visits to offices in the South of England. To be eligible for this role you must be based in the UK with the unrestricted right to work in the UK. We 're partnering with a well-established financial services organisation that is seeking an experienced Databricks Data Engineer to join their growing data team on an initial 6-month contract. This is a predominantly remote role, with occasional visits to the client 's offices in the South of England. Candidates should be available to attend the office on their first day and subsequently as required for key meetings and collaboration sessions. The Role Working within a highly collaborative data environment, you 'll play a key role in supporting the organisation 's Decision Science Team, ensuring they have access to high-quality, reliable data to drive...

Forward Deployed AI Engineer London, 2 Days On Site Part time - 3 days Per Week 12 Months Long Outside IR35 £450 - £550 Per Day The Company They are a specialist investment-focused organisation with a portfolio of businesses across multiple sectors. They are actively exploring how AI can enhance operations, improve workflows, and unlock efficiencies across their portfolio. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, they are looking for an experienced contractor who can influence strategy while remaining hands-on with delivery. The Role and Deliverables Assess existing business processes and identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and optimisation. Design and build AI solutions using technologies such as LLMs, agents and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Create practical roadmaps for AI adoption, including prioritised implementation plans. Engage with business stakeholders to communicate opportunities, risks and...

Senior Data Engineer London | Fleixble, hybrid working pattern | Outside IR35 | 12 month engagement We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer who understands that great data engineering is about building reliable, scalable data products, not simply moving data from A to B. This is an opportunity to shape modern data platforms, solve complex engineering challenges, and deliver data solutions that create genuine business value. You'll join an organisation investing heavily in its data capabilities, working alongside architects, analysts, data scientists, and engineering teams to build robust, production-grade data platforms that support 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 that have measurable business impact Join a collaborative team of experienced data professionals...

Data Engineer – Python | GCP | KAFKA | SC Clearance - £600 OUTSIDE IR35 - Remote I’m looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join a greenfield technology programme building a highly scalable data platform supporting advanced AI capabilities and maritime surveillance across the North Atlantic . You’ll join a highly autonomous engineering team taking an existing proven prototype through to a production-grade platform , ingesting and processing large volumes of complex, real-world data. 💷 Up to £600 per day, Outside IR35 💻 FULLY REMOTE 📈 Initial 6 months - scope for extension / perm ‼️ SC clearance required for this role - UK APPLICANTS ONLY The role: Design and productionise scalable, high-throughput distributed data pipelines Onboard and normalise diverse data sources into consistent, queryable schemas Build the core data foundations used by AI/ML models and agents Develop a knowledge layer allowing AI agents to read and write data...

C++ Software Engineer - Outside IR35 Contract London, UK Long-Term Engagement on a Rolling Contract Hybrid Working We have partnered with a leading Technology Firm who are looking to add a Software Engineer with skills on C++ to their Market Data team! The succesful candidate will have experience in Financial Markets Technology and realtime market data expertise. It's a Front Office position so you must be comfortable speaking with Portfolio Managers, Traders, C-Suite etc... Responsibilities will include : Architecture and Implementation of Low Latency C++ systems (robust, resilient, accurate, stable and fast) - by doing this you will position the client as a leader in Quant Trading. Work alongside hardware and software teams to build realtime market data processing. Define, implement and enforce SLAs, policies and metrics to monitor the area. Develop Systems, Interfaces and tools to historical market data simulations to increase research productivity....

Data Engineer – Databricks, Azure, Python, SQL - 12 Month Contract - Outside IR35 - Up to £700 p/d (dependent on experience) A well-established private equity firm with close to two decades' track record and preparing to launch its largest flagship fund to date is hiring a Data Engineer to build its first Databricks environment from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to own the technical delivery of a firm's core data platform end-to-end: partnering directly with stakeholders across Finance, Portfolio Operations, General Partners, and Compliance to unlock the data quality and visibility the business needs ahead of its next fund launch. The Role You'll design and build the firm's first Databricks instance, standing up a medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) on Azure and integrating it with the firm's existing portfolio administration and data intelligence platforms. The environment you build will become the firm's golden data source. What We're...

Network Support Engineer - 12 Month Contract - Hybrid in City Of London Contract: Initial 12 months (Outside IR35) Rate: £150 per day Location: Hybrid - City of London (Farringdon), 2-3 days on-site per week The Role A well-established American Managed Service Provider is looking for an experienced Network Support Engineer to strengthen their internal IT team, supporting operations across the UK and Ireland. The end customer is a US-headquartered organisation currently expanding into the UK, Ireland and wider Europe, and this role has been created to provide additional hands-on support to the team through that growth. This is a broad, "out and out" support role covering networking, data centre infrastructure, systems administration and end-user support - ideal for a versatile engineer who enjoys variety and is comfortable working across the full IT stack. Key Responsibilities Providing IT support across networking, data centres and wider infrastructure...

Initial 6 months - Outside IR35 Contract Rate: Up to £400/day Hybrid: 3-day onsite a week Security Operations Engineer | Microsoft Security Technologies | Contract Outside IR35 Hybrid: 3-day onsite (Bank Station) OR Liverpool office Rate: £350-£400/day (Outside IR35) Contract Duration: Initial 6 months with a potential extension Industry: Highly Regulated Environment Job Summary: Seeking for a Security Operations Engineer to join one of our highly regulated client on a contract basis. you'll be responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to security threats across Microsoft and hybrid environments. you'll play a key role in safeguarding critical business systems through proactive threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, and operational support of core security programmes. Key responsibilities: Investigate and respond to escalated security incidents and events Perform event-based and policy-based threat...

Analytics Engineer l DBT Core l DBT Cloud l Bigquery l Data modelling l data warehouse l SQL l End-to-end l 6-Month Contract | £500- £520 per day | Outside IR35 l Hybrid London We 're working with a fast-moving, product-led business looking for an Analytics Engineer to support their data team on an initial 6-month contract. This is a hands-on role sitting between data engineering and analytics - building clean, reliable data models that power reporting and decision-making across the business with a strong emphasis on DBT You 'll be working closely with BI and engineering teams both onshore and offshore, owning dbt models end-to-end and helping improve data quality, performance, and overall usability. What you 'll be doing: Owning and resolving pipeline failures Building new data marts for the BI team Improving our existing data layer 's performance for BI analysis Migrating existing business semantic logic from Tableau into our dbt project...

AI Technical Lead | Generative AI & Machine Learning 12-Month Contract | £500 - £700 per day | Outside IR35 | London 167 Solutions is working with an organisation looking to appoint an experienced AI Technical Lead to lead the design and delivery of production-ready Generative AI and Machine Learning solutions. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who can operate across AI strategy, architecture and engineering , while still being comfortable getting involved in the technology. The Role You will take technical ownership of AI initiatives from initial concept through to production, working with engineering, product and business stakeholders to build scalable AI solutions. Key responsibilities will include: Leading the technical design and delivery of Generative AI and Machine Learning solutions Designing enterprise-grade LLM, RAG and AI agent architectures Building and integrating conversational,...

DevOps Engineer - Platform Engineer - Security - CAF - CAF 4 - AWS - 3 month contract - Paying up to £500 per day(Outside IR35) - Immediate starters Overview Supporting a well-known UK digital consumer brand on a critical engagement to evidence compliance with the CAF 4 framework. The role combines hands-on cloud security remediation with compliance documentation and stakeholder reporting, primarily across AWS with some GCP involvement. Key Responsibilities Assess current security controls and identify remediation needed to meet CAF 4 compliance objectives Implement changes across AWS infrastructure (and GCP where needed) - covering IAM, MFA, network segmentation, TLS/encryption, centralised logging, and backup/recovery Produce clear, audit-ready documentation and evidence to support compliance outcomes Work with internal teams and third-party suppliers to validate shared security responsibilities Provide weekly progress updates to senior stakeholders,...

I'm looking for an experienced Agentic AI Engineer to join a pioneering team building next-generation AI solutions. You'll work on cutting-edge projects involving LLMs, Neo4j, Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG, and AI Agents , helping unlock greater context, reasoning, and automation from their data. Key Responsibilities: Design and develop Agentic AI applications and workflows Build and optimise Knowledge Graphs using Neo4j Develop GraphRAG and semantic search solutions Integrate LLMs with enterprise data sources Work closely with engineering and data teams to deliver production-ready AI systems Required Skills: Strong Python development experience Hands-on experience with Neo4j and Knowledge Graphs Experience with LLMs, RAG, or GraphRAG architectures Understanding of AI agents and autonomous workflows Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Desirable: LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar frameworks Experience deploying GenAI solutions into...

Title: Security Engineer (F5 - Zscaler - Palto Alto) Location: Hybrid - vast majority of work is expected to be remote, however there may be occasional travel to customer sites UK Sites are Warwick , Wokingham , Corsham and Farnborough Duration: 6 months Rolling Contract OUTSIDE IR35 SC clearance required BPSS essential We are looking for an experienced Security Engineer Authority to support a major data centre network build programme . The role will provide senior technical ownership across the security infrastructure estate, including design, change, incident escalation, Firewall rule changes, documentation and life cycle management. Mandatory Skills Recent hands-on experience with F5 Recent hands-on experience with Zscaler Recent hands-on experience with Palo Alto Security infrastructure design and support HLD/LLD production Firewall rule base changes Incident escalation and vendor support Change management...

I 'm looking for an experienced Agentic AI Engineer to join a pioneering team building next-generation AI solutions. You 'll work on cutting-edge projects involving LLMs, Neo4j, Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG, and AI Agents , helping unlock greater context, reasoning, and automation from their data. Key Responsibilities: Design and develop Agentic AI applications and workflows Build and optimise Knowledge Graphs using Neo4j Develop GraphRAG and semantic search solutions Integrate LLMs with enterprise data sources Work closely with engineering and data teams to deliver production-ready AI systems Required Skills: Strong Python development experience Hands-on experience with Neo4j and Knowledge Graphs Experience with LLMs, RAG, or GraphRAG architectures Understanding of AI agents and autonomous workflows Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Desirable: LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar frameworks...

Lead Python Engineer £450/day Outside IR35 3-Month Contract Hybrid Working Active SC Clearance Required An experienced Lead Python Engineer is required to join a data-focused programme aimed at improving the safe use of production data within development environments. The project is centred on data anonymisation, obfuscation and sanitisation, helping to establish the tooling, governance and te click apply for full job details