AI-Driven Data Analytics Engineer (Contract, Hybrid)

Principle HR; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual paid leave including; 2

35-hour working week

3% pension

Job summary

Principle HR in the United Kingdom is hiring an AI-Enabled Data Analytics Engineer to join a global technology organisation, building scalable data, analytics and AI-assisted automation solutions that improve business decision‑making.

This is a hands‑on engineering role for someone strong in Databricks, SQL and Python who is already using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT to accelerate development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience across Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering or Data Analytics.
• Strong hands-on Databricks and SQL.
• Advanced Python and PySpark skills.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling and data pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT).
• Exposure to AI agents, prompt and context engineering.
• Commitment to data quality and governance and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise data pipelines and analytics solutions using Databricks.
• Develop SQL, Python and PySpark solutions for transformation and automation.
• Build and improve AI agents, workflows, prompts and automation solutions.
• Use AI development tools for coding, debugging, testing and documentation.
• Validate AI-generated outputs before production use.
• Maintain documentation, context files, knowledge sources and business rules.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data and AI solutions.
• Maintain high standards of data quality, governance and performance.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Python

PySpark

AI-assisted development tools

Prompt engineering

Context engineering

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

ChatGPT

Job description

Principle HR in the United Kingdom is hiring an AI-Enabled Data Analytics Engineer to join a global technology organisation, building scalable data, analytics and AI-assisted automation solutions that improve business decision‑making.

This is a hands‑on engineering role for someone strong in Databricks, SQL and Python who is already using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT to accelerate development.