Staff Data Engineer London Contract Inside IR35

Staff Data Engineer AWS PySpark Data Modernisation London Contract Inside IR35We''re supporting a global, technology-led organisation undertaking a large-scale cloud data transformation programme. This isn''t a traditional Data Engineering role. The organisation is modernising hundreds of complex data pipelines, establishing reusable engineering patterns and embedding engineering excellence across its Data function. As a Staff-level engineer, you''ll combine deep hands-on technical expertise with organisation-wide technical influence, helping shape how modern Data Engineering is delivered across multiple engineering teams. This is an opportunity to work on enterprise-scale data movement, cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted software engineering within a highly collaborative engineering culture. You''ll be responsible forDefining technical standards and engineering patterns for a large-scale Data Modernisation programmeRe-engineering complex legacy data pipelines into production-grade PySparkBuilding scalable, reusable data movement frameworks across multiple engineering teamsDriving best practice around AWS Glue, Apache Spark and Apache AirflowDesigning high-quality testing frameworks covering performance, data quality and reliabilityLeveraging Agentic AI development tools to improve engineering productivity while maintaining code qualityCoaching and influencing experienced engineers through technical leadership rather than line managementWorking closely with ..... full job details .....