Contract Data Engineer with Banking Experience

Job Title: Contract Data Engineer (Banking Experience Required) Location: London (Hybrid) Day Rate: £550-£600 per day (Outside IR35 - subject to assessment) Contract Length: 6 months initial (extensions likely) Overview Chapman Tate are looking for an experienced Contract Data Engineer with a strong background in banking or financial services to support a range of high-priority data initiatives. You will play a key role in delivering scalable data solutions, enabling regulatory reporting, and improving data architecture across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes Integrate and transform large volumes of financial data from multiple sources Work closely with stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance Contribute to data platform enhancements and cloud migration projects Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in a fast-paced environment Required Skills & Experience Proven track record as a Data Engineer within banking or financial services (essential) Strong SQL and Python (or equivalent) development skills Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery) Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing, and pipeline design Experience supporting regulatory or risk-related data workflows Desirable Experience Exposure to real-time/streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka) Experience in large-scale data transformation or migration programmes Familiarity with CI/CD, DataOps, or DevOps practices If you're a contract Data Engineer with banking experience available in the next two weeks, please apply with your latest CV.