Senior Data Engineer | Cloud Data Platform & Pipelines

Futureheads; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive visibility

Cloud-native data environment

Architectural influence

Collaborative data team

Long-term contract potential

Job summary

Futureheads in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to drive the design and implementation of scalable data pipelines within a hybrid, six-month contract. The role focuses on building cloud-native analytics capabilities, improving data models, and delivering data integrations to support a high-visibility transformation programme.

You will collaborate with engineering, product and commercial stakeholders, ensuring data quality, observability and governance while producing comprehensive

Qualifications

• Strong production-grade data platform experience.
• Excellent Python development skills.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses.
• Strong data modelling and architecture expertise.
• Experience integrating data across multiple systems and applications.
• Passion for data quality, observability and operational excellence.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines.
• Improving data architecture and modelling standards.
• Developing integrations across multiple business systems.
• Ensuring data quality, governance, and monitoring best practices.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical initiatives.
• Producing clear technical documentation and knowledge transfer materials.

Skills

Python

Data modelling

Data architecture

Observability

Stakeholder communication

Tools

GCP

BigQuery

Job description

Futureheads in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to drive the design and implementation of scalable data pipelines within a hybrid, six-month contract. The role focuses on building cloud-native analytics capabilities, improving data models, and delivering data integrations to support a high-visibility transformation programme.

You will collaborate with engineering, product and commercial stakeholders, ensuring data quality, observability and governance while producing comprehensive