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Contract Data Engineer

Cork, Ireland | Hybrid (2 Days On-Site) | €450-€550 Per Day

Overview

A leading multinational organisation is seeking an experienced Contract Data Engineer to join a major cloud data platform transformation programme. Working within a growing platform engineering team, you will help design and build a modern lakehouse architecture that powers real-time analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven products across the business.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll be contributing from day one, working alongside analytics engineers, data architects, and ML teams to deliver scalable, production-grade data solutions.

Contract Details

Location: Cork City Centre (Hybrid - 2 days on-site)
Contract Length: 6 months initially
Rate: €450-€550 per day (DOE)
Start Date: ASAP
Extension Potential: Strong likelihood of extension

Key Responsibilities

As a Contract Data Engineer, you will:

Design and develop scalable batch and streaming data pipelines within a cloud-based lakehouse environment
Build and optimise ELT processes using modern data engineering practices
Develop transformation layers and data models using dbt and Apache Spark
Implement real-time data ingestion solutions using Kafka and event-driven architectures
Deliver robust data quality, observability, monitoring, and alerting capabilities
Support AI and Machine Learning teams by building feature pipelines and AI-ready data infrastructure
Contribute to CI/CD processes and Infrastructure-as-Code deployments
Optimise cloud performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
Help establish data governance, lineage, and cataloguing standards within a GDPR-compliant environment

Essential Skills & Experience

4+ years' commercial experience in Data Engineering
Expert-level SQL skills
Strong Python development experience
Hands-on production experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake
Experience building large-scale solutions using Apache Spark
Pipeline orchestration experience using Airflow, Dagster, or similar tools
Strong experience with dbt for data transformation and modelling
Cloud platform expertise across AWS or Azure
Experience with cloud data services such as:
- S3
- ADLS
- Glue
- Synapse
- Lambda
- Azure Functions
CI/CD and Git-based development workflows
Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code experience

Desirable Skills

Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:

Kafka, Kinesis, or Event Hubs
Data observability tools such as Monte Carlo, Soda, or Great Expectations
GenAI, LLM workflows, vector databases, or RAG pipelines
Data governance and cataloguing tools including Unity Catalog, Purview, or Collibra
FinOps and cloud cost optimisation initiatives

What's on Offer

Opportunity to work on a large-scale greenfield data platform transformation
Exposure to cutting-edge cloud, AI, and analytics technologies
Competitive daily rate contract
Modern city-centre office with hybrid working flexibility

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

€450.00 - €500.00

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