Lead Data Engineer - Databricks | Contract Huddersfield - 4 days onsite c£550 per day - Outside IR353 3 month initial contract - potential extension to 6 months
We re supporting a major UK organisation through a significant transformation of its data estate and are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to provide immediate technical leadership and hands-on delivery.
This is a proper hands-on engineering role. We need someone who can hit the ground running, take ownership and help establish a modern Databricks data platform without needing significant support from the existing team.
What you'll be doing:
- Hands-on Data Engineering within Databricks - Designing and building robust data pipelines - Supporting the development of bronze, silver and gold data layers - Taking ownership of engineering standards and delivery - Leading and supporting existing Data Engineers - Prioritising and allocating engineering work - Working closely with Data & Enterprise Architecture - Helping create trusted, reusable data models and single sources of truth - Supporting knowledge transfer from the existing Databricks Solution Architect - Helping transition the platform into a sustainable BAU engineering capability
What we re looking for: - Strong hands-on Databricks experience - Excellent SQL and Data Engineering fundamentals - Proven experience designing and building production data pipelines - Experience working within complex enterprise data environments - Previous technical leadership/people management experience - Able to operate independently and make an impact from day one - Strong stakeholder communication skills - Pragmatic, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-moving transformation environment
There's a substantial pipeline of data transformation ahead, so this is a great contract for someone who enjoys getting stuck into an evolving environment and helping shape how things are built.
3 months initially, with potential to extend to 6 months.
