Contract Lead Data Engineer

G.Digital · remote, remote, United-Kingdom

Location
remote
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
June 08, 2026

Job Description

Lead Data Engineer - Outside £600p/d | 3-6 month | Lead a Data Engineering function | HealthTech | Python, Spark, Data Bricks, AWS, Azure | Remote UK based

G.Digital have exclusively partnered with an exciting HealthTech business looking to hire a Lead Data Engineer to help kick off a build of a brand-new Data Engineering function from the ground up.

This isn’t your standard contract its a leadership role so definitely won’t suit everyone...

Initially, you’ll be hands-on delivering a critical Data Engineering project expected to run for the first 3–6 months

From there, you’ll have the autonomy to define what the Data Engineering capability looks like moving forward, tooling, architecture, strategy and team build included

Huge opportunity to genuinely influence engineering direction within a scaling business

What they’re looking for

Strong hands-on Data Engineering experience across Python, Spark, SQL and PySpark ...

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