Data Engineer - ETL / SQL / Python
Posted Today by Principle
£88,000 Per year
Inside
Remote
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Data Engineer involves joining a high-performing analytics team to work with large-scale marketing and survey data. The position focuses on building reliable data pipelines, strong data models, and high-quality datasets to support business decisions. This is a fully remote contract role until December 31, 2026, with the potential for extension and is classified as inside IR35. Candidates must have significant experience in data engineering and be based in the UK.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and maintaining ETL pipelines
- Building and optimising SQL-based data models
- Using Python to support data processing and integration
- Working with complex survey and marketing datasets
- Collaborating closely with data engineers, data scientists, and analytics teams
- Ensuring data quality, security, and privacy standards are met
Key Skills:
- 5+ years' experience in data engineering or data-focused roles
- Strong hands-on experience with ETL, SQL, and Python
- Solid understanding of data modelling and data warehousing
- Comfortable working in collaborative, fast-paced technical teams
- Nice to have: Marketing analytics or martech experience
- Exposure to large-scale or big-tech environments
- Experience matters more than formal qualifications
- Full right to work in the UK required; no sponsorship available
Salary (Rate): £86,000.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
We're hiring an experienced Data Engineer to join a high-performing analytics team working with large-scale marketing and survey data. This is a hands-on role focused on building reliable pipelines, strong data models, and high-quality datasets that support meaningful business decisions.
What's in it for you
Annual Salary range from £77,000 - £86,000 doe and location Contract until 31 December 2026 (end of the year) + potential to extension Fully remote within the UK Inside IR35 - PAYE , paid weekly via Principle HR Clear roadmap, defined ownership, and long-term stability
What you'll be doing
- Designing and maintaining ETL pipelines
- Building and optimising SQL -based data models
- Using Python to support data processing and integration
- Working with complex survey and marketing datasets
- Collaborating closely with data engineers, data scientists and analytics teams
- Ensuring data quality, security and privacy standards are met
What we're looking for
- 5+ years' experience in data engineering or data-focused roles
- Strong hands-on experience with ETL, SQL and Python
- Solid understanding of data modelling and data warehousing
- Comfortable working in collaborative, fast-paced technical teams
- Nice to have Marketing analytics or martech experience
- Exposure to large-scale or big-tech environments
- Experience matters more than formal qualifications.
- UK-based candidates only.
- Full right to work required.
- No sponsorship available.
If you're a data engineer who enjoys ownership, scale, and delivery without unnecessary bureaucracy, apply now.
Som | som@principlehr.com