Senior Data Engineer

La Fosse Associates; Greater London; On-site; GBP 97,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

La Fosse Associates is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer for a contract role in London, offering hybrid working patterns. You will help evolve a cloud-based data platform, delivering robust pipelines and scalable data solutions.

You'll join a growing data function focused on modernising data infrastructure, implementing best practices, and driving architectural improvements across the business. The initial contract is 3 months with strong extension potential.

Qualifications

• Senior Data Engineer with cloud-first experience.
• Experience delivering data platform improvements and migrations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise data pipelines using modern Data Engineering best practices.
• Develop scalable, reusable and well-documented data solutions.
• Support the evolution of cloud-based data infrastructure and tooling.
• Implement engineering standards across data platforms, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Work closely with technical and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products.
• Contribute to platform improvements, performance optimisation and overall data platform maturity.

Tools

Python

DBT

Snowflake

Airflow

Azure

Terraform

Job description

Senior Data Engineer (Contract)

Outside IR35 | £525-550/day | London (Hybrid) | Initial 3 Months

We’re working with a client who is looking to bring in an experienced Senior Data Engineer to support the evolution of their cloud data platform.

You’ll be joining a growing data function focused on improving engineering standards, modernising data infrastructure, and delivering scalable data solutions across the business. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys building robust data platforms, implementing best practices, and driving technical improvements within a cloud environment.

This is an initial 3-month contract with an immediate start and strong potential for extension.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise data pipelines using modern Data Engineering best practices.
• Develop scalable, reusable and well-documented data solutions.
• Support the evolution of cloud-based data infrastructure and tooling.
• Implement engineering standards across data platforms, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Work closely with technical and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products.
• Contribute to platform improvements, performance optimisation and overall data platform maturity.

Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience working as a Senior Data Engineer within cloud-first environments.
• Strong background delivering platform improvements, migrations or modernisation projects.
• Experience designing robust, scalable and maintainable data pipelines.
• Comfortable influencing engineering best practice and mentoring less experienced engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.

Required Tech Stack

• Python
• DBT
• Snowflake
• Airflow
• Azure
• Terraform

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes / AKS
• Infrastructure and platform modernisation projects
• Strong CI/CD and DevOps practices