Job Title: Contract Data Engineer
Location: Manchester, UK (3 Days On-Site per Week)
Contract Type: 6 Months (Outside IR35)
Day Rate: £500-£650 per day (DOE)
Start Date: ASAP

About the Role:
We're looking for a skilled Data Engineer with strong experience working with Databricks to join an exciting 6-month contract, contributing to a high-impact data platform initiative for a leading organisation in Manchester. This is a part-time, flexible contract (3 days per week, on-site) and outside IR35.

You'll work closely with a data team to design, build, and optimise data pipelines on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, helping to modernise and scale enterprise data infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and maintain high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks and Apache Spark
Implement and support scalable Delta Lake solutions on the Azure platform
Collaborate with data analysts, scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver clean, validated, and governed datasets
Tune performance and troubleshoot Spark workloads
Contribute to best practices in data quality, version control, and DevOps for data

Requirements:

Proven hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, and Delta Lake in production environments
Proficient in Python (or Scala) for data engineering workflows
Strong SQL and data transformation skills
Experience with Azure (preferred) or other cloud platforms
Solid understanding of data warehouse/lakehouse concepts and data modelling
Comfortable working independently with limited supervision