Senior Data Engineer London | Hybrid 6–10+ Years Experience Rate: £350 PD outside IR35 6 months I’m currently working with a client who is looking to hire a Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in the technical design and delivery of a modern enterprise data platform. This is a hands-on technical leadership role suited to someone who enjoys building scalable data solutions while also setting engineering standards, mentoring teams, and driving best practices across the platform. What You’ll Be Doing: • Design and build scalable ingestion, transformation, and serving pipelines • Develop data models aligned to business domains across a Lakehouse environment • Work across medallion architecture patterns including Bronze, Silver & Gold layers • Implement SCD Type 2 and advanced data modelling techniques • Build production-grade solutions using Databricks, Delta Live Tables, Delta Lake & Unity Catalog • Drive data quality, testing, governance, and platform reliability • Lead code reviews, engineering standards, and technical mentorship within the squad • Optimise platform performance, scalability, and cost efficiency Key Skills & Experience: ✔️ 6–10+ years in Data Engineering with technical leadership exposure ✔️ Strong SQL and large-scale ETL/ELT pipeline development experience ✔️ Deep hands-on Databricks expertise (Autoloader, DLT, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) ✔️ Strong experience with Lakehouse and Medallion Architecture patterns ✔️ Solid understanding of dimensional modelling, SCD handling, and canonical data models ✔️ Experience working with governed or regulated data environments ✔️ Strong stakeholder communication and mentoring capability This role would suit someone who enjoys being both hands-on technically and influential in shaping engineering standards, architecture, and delivery practices across a growing data function. If you’d be interested in hearing more, feel free to reach out directly.
