Data Engineer
Posted Today by Branch Tech
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Data Engineer involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines using Databricks for a client. The position requires collaboration with various teams to influence architecture decisions and ensure data quality. This is a contract role with a focus on both streaming and batch data ingestion. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in production environments and a strong knowledge of cloud platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build and maintain scalable, high-performance data pipelines
- Work with streaming and batch data ingestion
- Optimize data quality and reliability
- Collaborate with analytics, product, and engineering teams
- Influence architecture decisions and shape best practices
Key Skills:
- Proven experience with Databricks in production environments
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related data services
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting
- Comfort with autonomy, ambiguity, and fast-paced environments
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Warrington
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We’re seeking a skilled Data Engineer (contractor) to help our client build and scale their data infrastructure using Databricks.
What you’ll do
- Design, build and maintain scalable, high-performance data pipelines
- Work with streaming and batch data ingestion
- Optimize data quality and reliability
- Collaborate with analytics, product, and engineering teams
- Influence architecture decisions and shape best practices
What we’re looking for
- Proven experience with Databricks in production environments
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related data services
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting
- Comfort with autonomy, ambiguity, and fast-paced environments
Details
- Contract role (6 months +), with potential extension
- Ideally 2 days a week onsite in Warrington, but can offer some flex if this is not feesible
- Start ASAP
If you’re passionate about data, like solving hard problems, and want substantial responsibility from day one — let’s talk.