Data Platform Engineer (AWS, Python) – Remote – Contract

London, England, United Kingdom • Posted June 04, 2026

Job Type: ContractRemote Work
Location: London, England
Posted: June 04, 2026
Category: Computer Occupations
Application Deadline: July 14, 2026

Role Description

La Fosse is partnered with a global modern tech business looking to hire a Senior Data Platform Engineer (AWS, Python) on an initial 3-month contract basis.


  • Location: Remote, candidates must be UK based 

  • Duration: 3 months initial (possible extension)

  • Start date: Early June, 2026
  • You’ll instantly have an impact in a highly talented data team which processes billions of data points each day to power machine learning solutions, which are critical for their customer facing platform. The role focuses on AWS infrastructure, IaC (Terraform), large-scale data pipelines, and real-time data processing.


    The role:

  • Lead data infrastructure initiatives across AWS, including an IaC migration

  • Optimise key Spark pipelines to improve reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency.

  • Extend Kafka services to support new real-time data integrations for ML systems, internal teams, and customers.
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