Lead Data Engineer £400pd - Outside IR35

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