Data Engineer - Azure/Databricks/Synapse 3-month initial contract (likely extension) £500 per day Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire - 3 days onsite/2 days remote We''re looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to join a growing data team and support the development of a robust, scalable cloud data platform that underpins analytics, reporting and operational decision-making across the business. This role sits within the central data function and will play an important part in building and improving the organisation''s cloud data infrastructure, delivering reliable pipelines, well-structured data models and automated data workflows. The environment makes use of modern cloud data technologies such as Databricks, Azure Synapse and Microsoft Fabric, alongside strong SQL-based data modelling and warehouse development. This role will suit someone who enjoys working across the full data engineering life cycle - building pipelines, developing warehouse models, improving data quality and helping teams access trusted, well-structured data. What you''ll be doing Design, build and maintain robust data pipelines to enable reliable data delivery for analytics, reporting and operational use. Develop and optimise data warehouse models aligned to business requirements and analytical workloads. Write and optimise SQL for transformation, integration and performance. Work with cloud data processing technologies such as Databricks, Synapse or Microsoft Fabric. Support Python-based data processing