Senior Data Engineer - Inside IR35

Contract Senior Data Engineer - Inside IR35 - Azure/Databricks/ADF £500 - £600 Day Rate We are the chosen talent partner for a leading consulting organisation and looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer (contract) to support large-scale, cloud-first data initiatives across complex UK infrastructure programmes. You''ll build and optimise modern data pipelines that enable analytics, AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making.Role Overview Design, build and optimise scalable data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Synapse and Databricks Develop and maintain ETL/ELT workflows with strong data quality and reliability Build reusable data products in collaboration with analysts and AI engineers Manage data lakes/warehouses using Delta Lake, Parquet and related technologies Apply best practice in governance, performance and security Contribute to platform evolution, tooling adoption and engineering standards Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineersTech StackCore: Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, ADLS Gen2, SQL Server, DatabricksEnhancements: Python (PySpark, Pandas), Azure DevOps CI/CD, Terraform/Bicep, REST APIs, GitHub/GitHub ActionsDesirable: Microsoft Fabric, Delta Live Tables, Power BI automation, DataOpsWhat We''re Looking For Proven experience in data engineering or cloud data development Strong background building Azure-based data architectures and pipelines Solid understanding of data modelling, APIs and modern data engineering practices ..... full job details .....