Data Engineer

SustainRecruit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SustainRecruit is seeking Data Engineers to work on a contract in London, starting at 6 months with extensions. The role requires presence in London 3 days a week, with remote work for the remainder.

Contract role in London with hybrid work arrangement, offering exposure to cloud-native data platforms and modern tooling. Strong Python/SQL and Spark skills are essential for delivering scalable data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Engineering scalable and reliable pipelines.
• Good knowledge of distributed computing with Spark.
• Excellent python and SQL skills.

Skills

Data pipelines

Spark

Cloud architecture

Cloud deployment

Python

SQL

Agile

Cloud automation

CloudFormation

Terraform

Monitoring

Performance tuning

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

MLflow

Azure ML

SageMaker

Job description

SustainRecruit are currently looking for a number of Data Engineers to work on a project based in London. This requirement will be a contract opportunity starting at 6 months + likely extensions and we require someone who is available to work in London 3 days per week and the rest of the work to be carried out remotely.

We are looking for skills in the following:

• Engineering scalable and reliable pipelines
• Good knowledge of distributed computing with Spark
• Understanding of cloud architecture principles and best practices
• Hands‑on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud resources
• Excellent python and SQL skills
• Agile ways of working
• Experience in cloud automation and orchestration using tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform
• Monitoring and performance tuning of cloud‑based applications and services

Nice to haves: (MLOps):

• Model Deployment & Serving – Deploy and manage ML models using MLflow, Azure ML, SageMaker, or similar, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Monitoring & Retraining – Set up model drift detection, performance monitoring, and automated retraining
• ML Pipelines & CI/CD – Automate end-to-end ML workflows