AWS Data Engineer

URGENT | AWS Data Engineer - Migration We're seeking a strong & hands-on AWS Data Engineering contractor, ASAP start, for an urgent replacement contract Rate: Up to £500-525 per day, Outside IR35 Working Patterns: Remote-first, London (up to 1 day p/w on-site). Contract: 3-6 months (likely extension) Sector: Financial Services About: We're supporting a major cloud transformation programme focused on migrating a large-scale legacy ETL estate consisting of several thousand batch jobs from Ab Initio to a modern, serverless AWS data platform. This is a hands-on Senior Data Engineer role where you'll play a key part in defining migration patterns and delivering production-ready AWS Glue solutions. Person Requirements: Strong AWS Data Engineer - ideally AWS Certified.Ideally, you'll bring proven experience delivering Ab Initio → AWS Glue (PySpark) migration programmesStrong hands-on AWS Data Engineering expertise, particularly AWS Glue, S3, Athena and serverless data platforms.Advanced Python, PySpark and SQL skills.Strong understanding of converting Ab Initio transformations/reformat logic into scalable PySpark solutions.Experience building and optimising large-scale ETL/data pipeline solutions in AWS.Excellent Spark performance tuning capabilities, including troubleshooting data skew, partitioning, memory and load-related issues.Strong data warehousing and data modelling knowledgeStrong communication skills.Nice to HaveExperience with Claude Code or AI-assisted code conversion tools.Amazon MWAA (Airflow) experience.AWS Certifications.Experience working on large-scale legacy modernisation programmes. Please apply now - this hiring process should be expected to finish by next week. Adam Akhtar