Contract Data Engineer (x2) for Retail Financial Services

wrk digital United Kingdom
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Join wrk digital to work with a Retail Financial Services firm on building scalable data pipelines on AWS. This contract role requires expertise in AWS and financial data engineering. Fully remote position with an inside IR35 rate of £480/day.

Key Highlights
Develop and maintain secure, scalable data pipelines on AWS cloud.
Work with large-scale transactional and customer data.
Ensure data integrity, performance, and compliance with financial regulations.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for transactional, customer, and operational data.
Design and implement data architectures and models optimised for analytics and reporting.
Work extensively with AWS services, including: Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift / RDS, AWS Lambda, AWS Athena, and EMR.
Ensure data quality, governance, and regulatory compliance (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR).
Technical Skills Required
AWS cloud services ETL/ELT processes Python SQL Spark
Benefits & Perks
Inside IR35
Fully remote

Job Description


Data Engineer x2

Contract Length: 6 months

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Day Rate: £480/day

Location: Fully remote


About the Role

Proud to be partnered with a Retail Financial Services organisation who are seeking two Contract Data Engineers to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable data pipelines on AWS cloud. You will work with large-scale transactional and customer data, ensuring data integrity, performance, and compliance. This role requires hands-on expertise in AWS services and strong experience in financial data engineering.


Key Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for transactional, customer, and operational data.
  • Design and implement data architectures and models optimised for analytics and reporting.
  • Work extensively with AWS services, including:
  • Amazon S3 – secure data storage
  • AWS Glue – ETL processing
  • Amazon Redshift / RDS – data warehousing
  • AWS Lambda – serverless transformations
  • AWS Athena / EMR – analytics and big data processing
  • Ensure data quality, governance, and regulatory compliance (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR).


Required Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience as a Data Engineer, preferably in financial services or highly regulated industries.
  • Strong proficiency with AWS cloud services (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Athena, EMR).
  • Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and Spark for ETL and analytics.
  • Knowledge of data warehousing, data lakes, and large-scale data processing.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.


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