Data Engineer
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 September 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire, RG2 6UU |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4720242_1756741948 |
Summary
About the role
The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines that ingest, clean, transform, and organise complex datasets from multiple sources. This role will support Web applications and reporting tools by ensuring data quality, integrity, and accessibility. The position requires close collaboration with data analysts, software developers, and stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into robust data solutions, with deployment primarily on Google Cloud Platform.
Tell me more, tell me more…Our client is currently looking for a new recruit to join their team, a Data Engineer. For more information please read on! You can also ask our friendly recruitment team any questions you may have about the role, between 8:30am-5:00pm Monday to Friday.
- Shifts: Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week)
- Location: Reading - Hybrid
The must-haves:
- Proven experience in building and managing data pipelines using cloud-native tools, ideally on Google Cloud Platform.
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery and data transformation frameworks such as Dataform or DBT is essential.
- A strong background in SQL (particularly PostgreSQL), ETL/ELT processes, and working with large datasets is required.
- Experience integrating and preparing data for business intelligence tools like Tableau is also necessary.
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices in a data engineering context, version control (e.g., Git), and strong problem-solving skills are vital.
- The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders is also important.
- Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow, knowledge of Python or other scripting languages, and familiarity with data governance and security best practices are desirable.
- Exposure to agile development environments, performance tuning of data queries, and advanced Tableau capabilities (e.g., custom dashboards, calculated fields) would be a strong plus.
What's in it for you? - Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job.
- This is a 3-month contract with scope for extension for the right person.
- A day rate, in-scope IR35, £413 per day (via a Hays-approved umbrella company)
- This role provides hybrid working access from the comforts of your own home and only going to our state-of-the-art office in Reading.
Next StepsOnce you've applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process. If your application is successful, you'll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our client's hiring managers to get to know you better.We look forward to speaking to you!
What you need to do now
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