A leading UK organisation is undergoing a major customer and data transformation programme and is looking for an experienced Contract Data Engineer to support a large-scale platform and data migration. This is a high-impact role within a fast-paced environment, suited to a contractor who can operate autonomously, bring structure to complex data challenges, and implement best-practice ingestion and engineering processes across a modern cloud stack. THE ROLE You will join a critical transformation programme focused on consolidating multiple legacy platforms into a new customer engagement ecosystem. The role will centre around building and optimising data ingestion pipelines, supporting real-time integrations, and enabling analytics-ready datasets across the business. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong experience across Databricks, Python, and modern cloud data environments, as well as the ability to work across multiple third-party systems and stakeholders. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Design, build and optimise real-time and batch data ingestion pipelines. Implement best practice data engineering and architecture across Databricks and Azure. Support migration and consolidation of data from multiple legacy systems into a new platform ecosystem. Cleanse, merge, and deduplicate complex customer and transactional datasets. Integrate data across multiple sources including CRM, loyalty platforms, and third-party systems. Develop real-time ingestion solutions using A