Data Engineer

Data Engineer – Contract Role

Inside IR35 | £425/day | Hybrid (Central London, 1 day/week) | Initial 4 Months | ASAP Start

We’re hiring a Data Engineer with 4-5 years of experience to support a growing data team as they enhance and streamline their Azure-based data environment. The business is modernising its data platform, improving pipeline reliability, and increasing automation across key workflows.

You’ll work closely with the programme team to solve complex document analysis problems, build efficient scripts, and create high‑quality Excel outputs with advanced formatting using Python libraries.

You must be available within the next 2 weeks and able to be onsite in Central London 1 day per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Python scripts to analyse, process, and report on large document datasets
• Use pandas, xlsxwriter, and zipfile to automate workflows and generate outputs
• Write clean Excel outputs with advanced formatting and validation
• Solve complex data and document structure problems with minimal supervision
• Support the wider programme with insights, troubleshooting, and validation logic

Ideal Profile

• Fast learner that can work with minimal supervision
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Engineering tools
• Strong skills in SQL and Python
• Experience working with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, and cloud-based workflows
• Exposure to Databricks or modern data platforms (nice-to-have)
• Strong communicator with a proactive, collaborative mindset

Tech Stack

• Azure
• SQL / Python
• Data Pipelines / ETL
• Databricks (desirable)

If you’re interested and available, please apply or get in touch directly.

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