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