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Data Platform Engineer

£500 - £525 per day | London, England | Contract

Data Platform Engineer I PostgreSQL I ADF I SQL Database I Schemas I Migration I Decommission I Financial Services I £500-£525 per day | Outside IR35 | 12‑month initial | Hybrid Remote - London

I'm working with a high‑growth, product‑led scale‑up who are rebuilding their entire data layer in‑house after moving away from their legacy systems and processes.

They are in need of a hands‑on Data Platform Engineer to design, build, and own a clean PostgreSQL‑based backend data platform that powers the next phase of their growth.

Must‑Have

  • PostgreSQL (design, modelling, optimisation)
  • SQL and relational database engineering
  • Building backend data services (APIs, views, pipelines, ETL/ELT)
  • Data integration with operational systems
  • ADF or similar orchestration tools
  • Migrating/decommissioning legacy data platforms

Nice‑to‑Have

  • Experience in scale‑ups or lean engineering teams
  • Exposure to financial services
  • Understanding of how front‑end teams consume data
  • Reverse‑engineering EUC processes (spreadsheets, scripts, ad‑hoc logic)

Contract Details

  • £500-£525 per day
  • Outside IR35
  • 12‑month initial engagement
  • Hybrid: roughly 4 days per month in the office (rest remote)

If you're interested, please send your cv to nick.chambers@methodresourcing.co.uk and I'll be in touch.

Data Platform Engineer I PostgreSQL I ADF I SQL Database I Schemas I Migration I Decommission I Financial Services I £500-£525 per day | Outside IR35 | 12‑month initial | Hybrid Remote - London

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