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Data Engineer

Talent SmartHeeley, Sheffield🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 1 Oct 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
Heeley, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Posted
6 hours ago
Databricks

Job Description

Data Engineer<br />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.<br />Contract Details:

  • Inside IR35
  • Initial 6-month engagement
  • Sheffield-based, 3 days per week on-site<br />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<br />This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major data transformation programme within a leading financial services organisation.<br />Additional information available on successful application

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