Data Platform Engineer

Cathcart Technology; Auchterarder; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hospitality and leisure organisation in the UK is seeking a Data Platform Engineer for a 12-month contract. This hands-on role involves designing and optimising ELT/ETL pipelines, owning platform performance, and ensuring data governance. Ideal candidates will have advanced SQL skills, solid Python experience, and a background in data platforms. The position offers a rate of £350-£400 per day, outside IR35, with a collaborative and quality-focused work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience running production data platforms.
• Experience with data governance, quality, and security controls.
• Proactive, collaborative, and quality-focused.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise ELT/ETL pipelines into Snowflake and Oracle.
• Own platform performance, observability, and cost optimisation.
• Deliver well‑modelled, business‑ready data products.

Skills

Advanced SQL (Snowflake & Oracle)

Solid Python

Strong Power BI skills

Tools

dbt

Airflow

ADF

Matillion

Job description

Data Platform Engineer - Contract

Location: Perthshire - 2 days onsite

Contract: 12 months - Outside IR35

Rate: £350-£400 per day

A well‑known luxury hospitality and leisure organisation with a global reputation for excellence is seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to support and evolve its modern data platform.

This is a hands‑on contract role with end‑to‑end ownership across data engineering, analytics enablement, and platform operations.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, and optimise ELT/ETL pipelines into Snowflake and Oracle using SQL, Python, and modern orchestration
• Own platform performance, observability, and cost optimisation (FinOps)
• Deliver well‑modelled, business‑ready data products and certified Power BI datasets and semantic models
• Implement robust data governance, quality, security, and GDPR‑aligned controls
• Operate the platform day‑to‑day: monitoring, alerting, CI/CD, and incident management
• Partner with business teams to turn data into trusted insight and measurable outcomes

What we’re looking for

• Advanced SQL (Snowflake & Oracle) and solid Python
• Experience with dbt, Airflow, ADF, Matillion or similar tools
• Strong Power BI skills (dataset design, DAX optimisation, deployment pipelines)
• Proven experience running production data platforms
• Confident with RBAC, masking/encryption, auditability, and compliance
• Proactive, collaborative, and quality-focused

Ideal for an experienced contractor looking for a long‑term, outside IR35 engagement in a high‑standard, consumer‑facing environment.

If this interests you, please apply immediately and call Andy Weir at Cathcart Technology.

Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy