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Data Engineer

Talent SmartYorkshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 9 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on a major data transformation program within a reputable financial services leader, developing your skills with cutting-edge data engineering technologies. You'll thrive here if you have robust PySpark and Databricks experience, along with a passion for optimizing enterprise-scale data pipelines. Apply today to join this high-performing team!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Databricks

Job Description

Data Engineer

We're supporting a leading enterprise financial services organisation in the search for an experienced Data Engineer to join a high-performing data team on an initial 6-month contract.

Contract Details:

  • Inside IR35
  • Initial 6-month engagement
  • Sheffield-based, 3 days per week on-site

Key Requirements:

  • Strong hands-on experience with PySpark and Databricks
  • Deep understanding of Spark performance optimisation, including lazy evaluation, column pruning, groupBy operations, and window functions
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve Spark job performance issues
  • Extensive experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale data pipelines
  • Strong technical depth across modern data engineering platforms, tools, and technologies
  • Experience working within complex, large-scale enterprise environments

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major data transformation programme within a leading financial services organisation.

Additional information available on successful application.

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