Lead Data Engineer

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Lead Data Engineer £400/day (Outside IR35) | 3-Month Initial Contract, with view to extend | Remote (occasional travel to London) | UK-based candidates only, must hold full right to work in the UK About the Role We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to take ownership of core data engineering and architecture work while providing technical leadership to a delivery team. This is a hands-on senior role for someone equally comfortable designing scalable data solutions and guiding the engineers building them. Key Details Rate: £400 per day, Outside IR35 Contract Length: 3 months initially, with a strong intention to extend Working Pattern: Remote-first, with occasional travel into London as required Location Requirement: Candidates must be UK-based with full right to work in the UK — no sponsorship available The Role Lead core data engineering and architecture initiatives, setting technical direction and best practice Bring prior experience leading or mentoring delivery teams in a technical capacity Design and build scalable, cloud-native data pipelines and integration workflows Apply strong hands-on expertise with dbt across transformation and modelling work What You'll Bring experience in data engineering, with demonstrable architecture and technical leadership experience Direct, hands-on expertise with dbt Deep proficiency across the Microsoft data stack, including: Microsoft Fabric Power BI Azure Synapse Azure Data Factory Working knowledge of Databricks Working knowledge of AWS environments (Redshift, RDS) Solid grounding in database technologies, API architecture, data warehousing principles, and standard ETL/ELT patterns UK-based with full right to work — essential How to Apply If you meet the above criteria and are available for a 3-month contract with the potential to extend, please apply with your CV

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