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Senior Data Engineer - Python/SQL - 6 month contract

Posted 1 day ago by Principle HR

Build the data infrastructure behind apps used by billions of people - and own it end to end.

This is a senior data engineering contract with a global technology company whose apps sit on nearly every phone. You'll be embedded in their Marketing & Communications analytics team, designing and scaling the ETL pipelines and data models that decide how marketing performance gets measured across their entire family of apps.

It's a driver's seat, not a passenger one. You'll take projects from architecture through to execution yourself - and you'll be actively encouraged to use AI tools to work faster and smarter.

What's in it for you

  • 6-month contract inside IR35 with real, end-to-end ownership
  • Fully remote within the UK
  • Annual Salary up to £110,000 pro rata (DOE)
  • Paid weekly via Principle HR (inside IR35, PAYE)

What you'll need

  • 5+ years hands-on in data engineering (or data-heavy roles)
  • Strong SQL and Python - used daily, non-negotiable
  • Proven experience building and optimising ETL pipelines at serious scale (billions of rows)
  • The judgement to design scalable, efficient architecture yourself
  • Comfort using AI tools to speed up your coding and data work
  • A bonus, not a barrier: exposure to marketing analytics or martech

What your day looks like

  • ~80% designing, building and tuning ETL pipelines against enormous datasets
  • ~20% building dashboards on internal tooling
  • Translating what the marketing and data-science teams need into working data models
  • Making the architecture calls - balancing speed, cost and scale

Interested?

Roles like this Data Engineer don't sit around. We're reviewing applications as they land and moving fast - if you're reading this a week from now, it's probably already gone. Send your CV over and I'll come straight back to you.

Rate:
£110,000/year
Location:
London
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
Data & Analytics
Seniority Level:
Senior

Take-Home Pay

£7,500 per month

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