Contract Senior Data Engineer- £475pd (inside IR35) - Remote (UK Based)
Posted 3 days ago by Futureheads Recruitment | B Corp™
£475 Per day
Inside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior Data Engineer involves designing, building, and scaling data systems in a high-performance environment within the healthcare sector. The position requires hands-on experience in data engineering and a collaborative approach to work across various teams. The role is remote and classified as inside IR35, with an expected contract length of 3-6 months. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering mindset and attention to detail to ensure robust data infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architecting and implementing data pipelines, ingestion, transformation, storage, end to end.
- Building APIs to serve data and model outputs across teams and systems.
- Creating protocol connectors and model context frameworks to ensure smooth integration across services.
- Partnering with DevOps to deploy, monitor, and scale pipelines with rock-solid observability.
- Managing PostgreSQL infrastructure for performance, reliability, and scale.
- Ensuring security best practices in data handling, access control, and deployment.
Key Skills:
- Deep, hands-on data engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced or complex environments.
- A principled engineering mindset with the ability to write tested, maintainable code.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to spot architectural risks or opportunities.
- A collaborative approach, working across engineering, product, and infrastructure teams.
Salary (Rate): £475pd
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Contract Senior Data Engineer | Remote | Healthcare
Location : Remote (UK based)
Rate: £475pd (Inside IR35)
Length: 3-6 months initially
We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer who thrives in high-performance environments and knows how to build reliable, production-grade data infrastructure from scratch. This isn’t a maintenance gig... we want someone who’s ready to design, build, and scale data systems that support real-world applications across the business.
What you’ll be doing:
- Architecting and implementing data pipelines, ingestion, transformation, storage, end to end.
- Building APIs to serve data and model outputs across teams and systems.
- Creating protocol connectors and model context frameworks to ensure smooth integration across services.
- Partnering with DevOps to deploy, monitor, and scale pipelines with rock-solid observability.
- Managing PostgreSQL infrastructure for performance, reliability, and scale.
- Ensuring security best practices in data handling, access control, and deployment.
What we’re looking for:
- Deep, hands-on data engineering experience , ideally in fast-paced or complex environments.
- A principled engineering mindset —you write tested, maintainable code and build systems that don’t break under pressure.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to spot architectural risks or opportunities before they become blockers.
- A collaborative approach, working across engineering, product, and infrastructure teams.
If this sounds of interest and you would like to find out more, feel free to reach out!