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Staff Data Engineer London Contract Inside IR35

Posted: 14/07/26
Recruiter:WeDoTech
Reference:3139398941
Type:Contract
Disciplines: Systems Engineer
Salary:£750 - £900 Daily
Location:London
Description: Staff Data Engineer AWS PySpark Data Modernisation London Contract Inside IR35

We're supporting a global, technology-led organisation undertaking a large-scale cloud data transformation programme.

This isn't a traditional Data Engineering role. The organisation is modernising hundreds of complex data pipelines, establishing reusable engineering patterns and embedding engineering excellence across its Data function.

As a Staff-level engineer, you'll combine deep hands-on technical expertise with organisation-wide technical influence, helping shape how modern Data Engineering is delivered across multiple engineering teams.

This is an opportunity to work on enterprise-scale data movement, cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted software engineering within a highly collaborative engineering culture.

You'll be responsible for
  • Defining technical standards and engineering patterns for a large-scale Data Modernisation programme
  • Re-engineering complex legacy data pipelines into production-grade PySpark
  • Building scalable, reusable data movement frameworks across multiple engineering teams
  • Driving best practice around AWS Glue, Apache Spark and Apache Airflow
  • Designing high-quality testing frameworks covering performance, data quality and reliability
  • Leveraging Agentic AI development tools to improve engineering productivity while maintaining code quality
  • Coaching and influencing experienced engineers through technical leadership rather than line management
  • Working closely with enterprise architecture and platform teams to improve how data is governed, managed and consumed
We're looking for someone with experience in
  • Staff, Principal or Lead Data Engineering roles
  • Python and expert-level PySpark
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Airflow
  • Cloud-native Data Engineering architectures
  • Large-scale data pipeline modernisation
  • Building reusable engineering patterns within enterprise environments
  • Data testing, validation and observability
  • AI-assisted software development using modern coding assistants
  • Working within regulated or highly governed organisations
More important than any individual technology is your ability to combine hands-on engineering excellence with technical leadership, helping multiple engineering teams adopt consistent, scalable engineering practices.
Contract
  • (Apply online only) per day (inclusive)
  • Initial 6-month contract with significant programme runway
  • Inside IR35
  • London (3 days per week on-site)

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