Business Intelligence / Data Engineer

Business Intelligence / Data Engineer (AWS / AI Exposure)
Swindon or London - Hybrid (Once per month onsite)
£530 PD – Inside IR 35 – 3 months (likely extension) – Start ASAP.

Our trusted client, that operates within the public sector and helps millions of people in the UK with funding investment is seeking an experienced Business Intelligence Engineer / AWS Data Engineer to support the development of a modern data platform and contribute to emerging AI-driven initiatives (ML).

This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation investing heavily in its data platform and future AI capabilities, with the successful candidate playing a key role in shaping both current Business Intelligence delivery and next-generation data solutions.

This role will suit someone with a strong foundation in AWS data engineering and Business Intelligence, alongside practical exposure to AI/ML concepts or tools.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Data Engineering: Design, build and optimise data pipelines and data platform components within AWS.


• Business Intelligence: Support and enhance Business Intelligence reporting and analytics capabilities.


• Data Architecture: Contribute to the development of a data lake and modern data architecture.


• Platform Development: Work across both BAU support and new capability development, with approximately 50% of the role focused on Business Intelligence and Data Engineering delivery and 50% focused on data platform and AI initiatives.


• AI Initiatives: Collaborate with wider teams on AI-related initiatives and roadmap delivery.


• Data Governance: Apply best practices around data quality, governance and performance optimisation.


• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with technical and business teams to deliver high-quality data solutions and support organisational objectives.


• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve processes, automation, tooling, and platform performance.

Skills and Experience:

• 4–8+ years' experience in Data Engineering, Business Intelligence or related roles

Strong hands-on experience with:

• AWS Data-based solutions and engineering stack (e.g. Glue, S3, Lambda, Redshift, Athena)


• SQL (advanced level)


• Python (for data processing and pipeline development)


• Infrastructure and tooling exposure (e.g. Terraform, APIs, CI/CD)

AI / ML Exposure (Key Requirement):
Practical exposure to AI/ML, such as:

• Working with cloud-based AI services (e.g. AWS Bedrock or similar)


• Supporting AI-enabled data products or workflows


• Understanding of generative AI and prompt engineering concepts


• Exposure to ML pipelines or collaboration with Data Science teams

Key Attributes

• Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on engineering mindset


• Comfortable working within a developing and evolving environment


• Ability to bridge the gap between data engineering and emerging AI use cases


• Proactive, collaborative and delivery-focused approach


• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Experience contributing to data lake builds or modern data platforms


• Experience working in complex or regulated environments is beneficial


• Exposure to Data Ops and CI/CD practices


• Public sector experience

Please note: BPSS clearance is essential

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