Data Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Morgan McKinley
£550 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Engineer role focuses on building and maintaining data pipelines within a modern cloud-native platform for a major UK retailer. The position requires hands-on experience with Snowflake and involves migrating data from legacy systems while ensuring data quality and integration. The role operates in an agile environment, collaborating with various teams to support data-driven decision-making. This is a contract position with a hybrid working arrangement based in Manchester.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building and maintaining data pipelines on a Snowflake Medallion architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold layers)
- Migrating data off legacy SQL Server, SSRS, and Business Objects
- Integrating from a range of source systems via REST APIs and JSON payloads
- Working within a dbt transformation framework
- Contributing to data quality monitoring and pipeline validation
- Delivering in two-week agile sprints alongside BAs, integrations engineers, and QA
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on Snowflake experience — Medallion architecture is a must
- Proficiency in dbt and solid SQL/Python
- Azure data infrastructure experience
- Proven delivery in fast-paced, agile environments
- UK right to work — no sponsorship available
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Engineer (Azure/Snowflake)
Location: Hybrid Manchester (2-3 Days per week)
Start Date: ASAP
Outside IR35
Day Rate: £500-£550 per Day
Duration: 6 Months
A major UK retailer is undergoing a significant data transformation — building a modern, cloud-native platform to replace a fragmented legacy estate and deliver a trusted single source of truth across the business. This is a hands-on contract role where you'll be building pipelines, migrating data, and helping the business make confident, data-driven decisions at scale.
What you'll be doing
- Building and maintaining data pipelines on a Snowflake Medallion architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold layers)
- Migrating data off legacy SQL Server, SSRS, and Business Objects
- Integrating from a range of source systems via REST APIs and JSON payloads
- Working within a dbt transformation framework
- Contributing to data quality monitoring and pipeline validation
- Delivering in two-week agile sprints alongside BAs, integrations engineers, and QA
What we're looking for
- Strong hands-on Snowflake experience — Medallion architecture is a must
- Proficiency in dbt and solid SQL/Python
- Azure data infrastructure experience
- Proven delivery in fast-paced, agile environments
- UK right to work — no sponsorship available
The stack: Snowflake · dbt · Azure One Lake · Power BI · Datadog · Python · SQL