Data Engineer
Hybrid
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
£ 500 / day
Freelance
20-02-2025
Job Specifications
Contract Snowflake Consultant
Outside IR35
6 Months
c.£450-500 per day
Bright Purple are recruiting a Contract Snowflake Data Engineer to join a brand new project at the heart of one of the world’s most exciting data research firms. In this role, you will work closely with developers, data engineers, and product owners across the business to design, build and deliver powerful data solutions.
This role is an important addition to the team – as they are looking for a Snowflake SME to support the project, and a big preference is for candidates who can be on-site in Edinburgh 2-3 days per week.
Key experience / skills:
Snowflake (i.e. Data Cloud, Data Exchange, Snowflake SQL)
Ideally Snowflake certified i.e. SnowPro Core
AWS (Redshift, Lambdas, EC2, Glue, Athena)
Python/PySpark
DBT
Data Pipelines
Data Architecture
Please apply for immediate consideration! This is a fantastic contract role for an experienced Snowflake Data Engineer!
Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.
About the Company
Bright Purple are a team of specialist Technology and Business Change recruitment consultants based in the heart of Edinburgh. Since 1995 we have been supporting innovative clients of all sizes in placing permanent and contract candidates in IT, Data and Business Change roles. Our Bright Purple People have decades of experience between them, and we use our industry contacts, insight and know-how to help you make the best decisions for your career or business. We also offer extensive and bespoke background checks or bot... Know more
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