Data Engineer

Data Engineer We're supporting a leading enterprise financial services organisation in the search for an experienced Data Engineer to join a high-performing data team on an initial 6-month contract. Contract Details: *…

Inside IR35 IT
Pay rate £550 – £650/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 8 September 2026

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Data Engineer
We're supporting a leading enterprise financial services organisation in the search for an experienced Data Engineer to join a high-performing data team on an initial 6-month contract.
Contract Details:
* Inside IR35
* Initial 6-month engagement
* Sheffield-based, 3 days per week on-site
Key Requirements:
* Strong hands-on experience with PySpark and Databricks
* Deep understanding of Spark performance optimisation, including lazy evaluation, column pruning, groupBy operations, and window functions
* Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve Spark job performance issues
* Extensive experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale data pipelines
* Strong technical depth across modern data engineering platforms, tools, and technologies
* Experience working within complex, large-scale enterprise environments
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major data transformation programme within a leading financial services organisation.
Additional information available on successful application

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