Lead Data Engineer - Azure, Databricks, Power BI

About the role

A large-scale data transformation programme is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to help shape the future of an enterprise data platform. The role suits someone who combines technical leadership with hands-on delivery: challenging solution designs, influencing architecture decisions and then building the solution themselves. It is based in London, 2 days per week onsite, with a 6-month initial contract and a high likelihood of extension.

Required profile

• Senior engineer able to think strategically while staying close to the technology, owning solutions from the data platform through to end-user reporting.
• Experience working across engineering, analytics and reporting.
• Experience influencing technical direction and challenging design decisions.
• Enterprise-scale mindset focused on scalability, reuse and maintainability.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Comfortable mentoring engineers and raising technical standards across a team.

Required skills

• Deep expertise in dimensional modelling, semantic models and Power BI.
• Strong experience designing and building Gold-layer data solutions.
• Experience with Azure and Databricks.

What we offer

• Pay of £550-£570 per day, outside IR35.
• 6-month initial contract with a high likelihood of extension.
• London-based, 2 days per week onsite.