Data Engineer

Position Summary

An experienced data engineer with strong Azure Databricks expertise is required for a 6 month contract to develop and deliver a scalable data pipeline that ingests files and transforms them into standardised, high‑quality datasets for reporting. This is a hands‑on delivery role focused on building a production‑grade pipeline, suited to someone comfortable working independently, defining technical solutions, and rapidly delivering high‑quality data engineering components.

Location:

London, UK (Fenchurch).

• Implement a scalable ETL pipeline in Azure Databricks, that transforms raw data into standardised schemas to support reporting and analytics, following a medallion architecture in line with internal design standards.
• Leverage an existing email ingestion tool to extract multiple format source files from a shared mailbox.
• Develop notebooks, jobs and pipelines in Databricks for ETL orchestration.
• Design and implement robust validation rules, monitor pipeline runs and troubleshoot failures, with logging and notifications to support robust data processes.
• Integrate with CI/CD flows across environments using Azure Dev Ops.
• Produce clear technical documentation of the solution to ensure maintainability post‑delivery.

• 2+ years hands‑on experience with Azure Databricks, including data validation, transformation, and optimisation.
• Expertise in PySpark/Spark SQL.
• Knowledge of Unity Catalog and modern Azure Databricks features, as well as data best practices and concepts.
• Proficiency building end‑to‑end data pipelines with Delta Lake/Lakehouse architecture.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops preferred).
• Experience supporting BI reporting layers (Power
  
  BI or similar) is nice to have.
• Insurance experience is nice to have.

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