AWS Data Engineer

Contract: 6 Months
Rate: £400 per day
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Location: Remote / Hybrid

Overview

We are seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer to join a growing consultancy on an initial 6-month contract. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and optimising modern data platforms and pipelines, enabling analytics, reporting, and AI-driven initiatives across the business.

This role is ideal for someone with strong AWS experience and a background working with modern data tooling including dbt, PySpark, Airflow, Redshift, Iceberg, OpenSearch, Knowledge Graphs, Python, and CircleCI.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python and PySpark
• Build and maintain data transformation frameworks using dbt
• Develop and orchestrate workflows using Apache Airflow
• Deliver high-performance data warehouse solutions within Amazon Redshift
• Support the implementation and optimisation of Apache Iceberg lakehouse architectures
• Develop and enhance search capabilities using OpenSearch
• Work with Knowledge Graph technologies to improve data discovery and relationships
• Implement CI/CD best practices using CircleCI
• Collaborate with Data Analysts, Product Teams, and Business Stakeholders to deliver high-quality data solutions
• Ensure data quality, reliability, governance, and scalability across the platform

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer within AWS
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and PySpark
• Hands-on experience with dbt
• Strong experience managing workflows with Apache Airflow
• Experience with Amazon Redshift
• Knowledge of modern data lakehouse architectures, including Apache Iceberg
• Experience with OpenSearch / Elasticsearch technologies
• Exposure to Knowledge Graphs and graph-based data modelling
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI
• Strong understanding of data modelling, performance optimisation, and engineering best practices

Desirable

• Experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, ECS, EKS, or EMR
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics use cases
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred)
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments