Senior Data Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 28, 2026. Airswift scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job reference
1279445
Location
London, London, City of, United Kingdom
Sector
IT
Function
IT & Telecoms
Employment type
Contract
Date published
August 28, 2026
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer
Duration: 3 months renewable
Schedule: 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
Location: London, UK
Contract type: PAYE
This opportunity offers the chance to design and build end-to-end data solutions within a complex energy and trading environment, helping drive better decision-making through data engineering, data modelling and cloud-based platforms. The role is focused on creating strong data foundations, improving analysis capability, and supporting the delivery of scalable solutions across Azure, AWS and SAP ecosystems. This position would suit a technical professional who enjoys combining hands-on engineering, stakeholder communication and data strategy delivery.
Required Experience:
- Strong senior-level experience designing and building data foundations and end-to-end data solutions.
- Experience working in data engineering environments that support business decision-making through scalable data platforms and analytics.
- Proven ability to act as a subject matter expert while mentoring junior engineers.
- Experience presenting findings and technical recommendations to business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Exposure to change management, incident management and problem management processes.
Required Skills:
- Expert-level capability in AWS, Azure and SAP.
- Expert-level experience with ELT, data modelling, and data integration and ingestion.
- Strong data manipulation and data processing skills.
- Working knowledge of GitHub, GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
- Experience with Data Factory, Databricks, SQL DB, Synapse, Stream Analytics, Glue, Airflow, Kinesis, Redshift, SonarQube and PyTest.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical developers and business managers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in project management, including running a scrum team.
- Experience working with BPC and Planning.
- Exposure to working with external technical ecosystems.
- Experience with MKDocs documentation.
- Power BI, data analysis and broader data engineering project exposure would be advantageous.
About Airswift:
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
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