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Lead GCP Data Engineer
London
£80000 - £90000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLondon
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Lead GCP Data Engineer
New Malden (Hybrid, approx. 4 days per month onsite)
£85,000 to £90,000 plus up to 30 percent bonus
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a brand‑new GCP data platform and shape the engineering standards from the ground up. You will join a growing data function at a pivotal moment, playing a key role in a major cloud migration while influencing best practice across the team.
The Company
They are a technology‑driven organisation within the insurance space, focused on making data‑led decisions and building modern, scalable systems. Their mission is centred around delivering fast, accurate and accessible insurance experiences for a wide range of customers. With strong investment and a clear roadmap, they continue to enhance their predictive capabilities and data platform maturity. The environment is collaborative, outcome‑focused and built for people who enjoy autonomy and ownership.
The Role
As Lead GCP Data Engineer, you will
* Act as the in‑house GCP expert, guiding design decisions and engineering standards.
* Lead end‑to‑end delivery of data products, from ingestion through to transformation and analytical layers.
* Build and maintain production‑grade pipelines across batch and streaming workloads.
* Work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver reliable, high‑quality datasets.
* Support the Azure‑to‑GCP migration, ensuring data sources are correctly transformed and integrated.
* Mentor engineers and help uplift best practice across the team.
* Operate within Agile ways of working, contributing to planning, ceremonies and continuous improvement.
Your Skills and Experience
You will need:
* Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer working on production‑grade pipelines.
* Deep hands‑on experience with GCP, including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, and streaming technologies such as Kafka.
* Strong capability in dbt or Dataform and familiarity with medallion architecture.
* Ability to design robust ingestion patterns across multiple data types.
* Experience with Terraform or similar IaC approaches.
* Clear communication skills and a value‑focused engineering mindset.
* Experience operating within Agile teams.
Nice to have:
* GCP certifications.
* Experience working in regulated environments.
What They Offer
* £80,000 to £90,000 base salary.
* Up to 30 percent annual bonus.
* Hybrid working with only four days per month onsite.
* Strong pipeline of projects including a cloud migration and new platform build.
* Clear progression opportunities as the team scales.
* A positive, supportive culture with an emphasis on trust and autonomy.
How to Apply
If this sounds like the right next step, apply now to register your interest.
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Chief Data Scientist – TS/SCI Clearance
Washington
$325000 - $375000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentWashington, District of Columbia
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Chief Data Scientist – TS/SCI Clearance
Washington, DC – 4 days/week onsite
$325,000 – $375,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Harnham is partnered with a cutting-edge government contractor in the DC area. They are looking for an AI leader with a strong background in building production-grade LLM / natural language platforms in federal spaces. This person will lead a growing part of the AI research team and partner with government agencies on projects across defense, cybersecurity, robotics and human language technology.
THE ROLE
As the Chief Data Scientist, you will be required to:
- Show technical leadership of machine learning and NLP models for production
- Work closely across different ML and engineering teams on both model development and production
- Own new projects supporting various business functions and product development
- Partner directly with the C-suite on data science direction
- Expand upon existing AI platforms
- Provide deep knowledge and leadership in data science
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Chief Data Scientist will likely have the following skills and experience:
- Top Secret Clearance required (TS/SCI Poly preferred)
- PhD in Computer Science or similar STEM field required
- History of owning development of scalable ML models in federal spaces
- Team management experience required
- Strong Python coding – ability to step in to support the team as needed
- High level of comfort partnering with executive teams; history of pitching new concepts / getting buy-in
- Experience with NLP preferred
- Defense or cybersecurity experience preferred
- Comfortable with LLMs, Generative AI and AI Agents
- Proven communicator with technical team, clients and senior stakeholders
THE BENEFITS
A competitive base salary of $325,000 – $375,000 + bonus + benefits
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your résumé to Tim Jonas via the Apply link on this page.
KEYWORDS
Team Leadership | Model Development | Machine Learning | Natural Language Processing | Production | Stakeholder Management | Innovation | Technology | Government | Federal Agencies | DoD | DoW | Department of War | Department of Defense | AI | Artificial Intelligence | LLM | Large Language Models | Agentic AI | AI Agents | Top Secret | Clearance | Cleared | Cybersecurity | Applied Research
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Senior Analyst – Digital – Contract
London
£350 - £400
+ Digital Analytics
ContractLondon
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Senior Analyst, Digital – Contract
Agency
London – 2-3 days per week in office
£350-£400 per day – Inside IR35
This is an exciting contract for a Senior Analyst to join a well established digital data team working on a major global account. You will play a key role in understanding how content and campaigns perform across multiple channels, supporting ongoing analytics projects and providing insights that drive real change.
The Company
They are a leading marketing and data driven agency group working across global brands. Their analytics function partners closely with creative, media and strategy teams to deliver high quality insight. You will join a collaborative environment where data is central to decision making. The work is fast paced, project focused and offers strong exposure to senior stakeholders.
The Role and Deliverables
- Deliver content analytics, assessing performance across paid media, web and social channels.
- Use content intelligence tools to deconstruct and analyse specific elements of creative content.
- Support web analytics projects using GA and contribute to broader customer journey analysis.
- Conduct deep dive analyses and support global reporting audits to identify gaps and best practice.
- Engage directly with market teams to understand requirements and provide clear updates.
- Contribute to multi channel campaign performance reviews and insight generation.
Your Skills and Experience
- Strong experience in content analytics, campaign analysis or digital performance insight.
- Confident using Excel and capable with SQL or Python for data manipulation.
- Good understanding of web analytics, particularly GA.
- Comfortable in agency environments and able to manage varied stakeholder expectations.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to consult and present insights effectively.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this Senior Analyst, Digital contract, please apply with your CV.
Senior Analyst / Digital / Analytics / Content / Campaigns / SQL / GA / Google Analytics / Python
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Ecommerce Trading Manager – Contract
London
£500 - £600
+ Digital Analytics
ContractLondon
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Ecommerce Trading Manager
Marketplace Platform
London
£500-£600 per day – Outside IR35
This is an opportunity to join a fast moving marketplace platform at the centre of a major growth phase. You will play a pivotal role in shaping how they optimise marketing performance, customer acquisition and trading outcomes across a high volume ecommerce environment.
The Company
They are a leading, tech driven marketplace platform operating at scale across multiple customer segments. Their business moves quickly, and they rely on data, collaboration and clear commercial thinking to stay ahead. As they continue to grow, they need specialist trading expertise to help them maximise the performance of their marketing investment. You will join an ambitious team where insights and fast decision making directly influence trading outcomes.
The Role and Deliverables
- Scrutinise marketing channel performance to ensure activity delivers strong P&L and order volume outcomes.
- Challenge the weekly trading plan to ensure all activity aligns with wider quarterly strategy.
- Activate and adjust marketing levers to support short term trading needs while maintaining commercial discipline.
- Analyse user base dynamics and identify where targeted marketing actions can lift underperforming segments.
- Build a deep understanding of customer conversion funnels, collaborating with other trading leads.
- Work with operations teams to reduce spend when capacity is tight, protecting margin and ensuring responsible commercial decisions.
Your Skills and Experience
- Strong experience using data to influence trading decisions and improve marketing efficiency.
- Confident working cross functionally and creating clarity for stakeholders with different priorities.
- Able to simplify complex commercial data into clear actions that support daily trading needs.
- Deep understanding of P&L drivers and how to optimise budgets for long term customer value.
- Proactive mindset with the ability to make fast, high quality decisions in a fast paced environment.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this Ecommerce Trading Manager contract, please apply with your CV.
Ecommerce Trading Manager / Marketplace Trading / Marketing Performance / Customer Acquisition / Digital Trading / Commercial Optimisation / Conversion Funnel Analysis / Data Driven Marketing
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Product Analyst (Contract)
London
£450 - £450
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
ContractLondon
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Product Analyst
London
Senior Product Analyst
£450 Per Day (Inside IR35)
6 Month Contract
ASAP start
This is an opportunity to join a high‑impact product team during a period of accelerated experimentation and decision making. You will play a key role in shaping product outcomes by delivering clear, rigorous analysis that directly informs strategic choices.
The Company
They are a well-known consumer-facing organisation operating at scale across international markets. With a strong focus on product innovation, they are investing heavily in experimentation to drive customer engagement and growth. You will join a collaborative environment where data is central to decision making and where analytical excellence is genuinely valued.
The Role and Deliverables
- Deliver end-to-end analytical work, from approach definition to insight delivery.
- Query, validate and interpret complex datasets using SQL.
- Support experimentation analysis including metric definition, results interpretation and recommendations.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to clarify decision needs and ensure analytical rigour.
- Produce concise written readouts and stakeholder-ready summaries.
- Contribute to templates, documentation or reusable analytical frameworks.
Your Skills and Experience
- Strong SQL capability with experience handling complex joins, aggregations and data validation.
- Solid understanding of experimentation, A/B testing and statistical principles.
- Experience working in fast-moving product environments.
- Ability to work with messy or incomplete data.
- Able to clearly communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable delivering independently as a contractor, including working two days per week in person.
How to Apply
Register your interest by sending your CV to Ananya Gupta via the Apply Link on this page.
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Lead Data Scientist
Leicester
£60000 - £75000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLeicester, Leicestershire
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Lead Data Scientist – Leicester x2 days a week
We are working with a leading ecommerce company who are looking to add a Lead Data Scientist to their team. This role will involve the line management of 2 junior data scientists and will be interacting with stakeholders often.
The role will sit within a Marketing Science department and you will work on customer and marketing data including customer churn, segmentation, campaign analysis and marketing effectiveness across ads.
Required:
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Strong Python & SQL skills
- 4+ years in a Data Science position
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MMM Marketing Analytics Manager
London
£600 - £650
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
ContractLondon
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Marketing Analytics Manager
London, Inside IR35
This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a high profile marketing effectiveness programme for a global digital business. You will shape their approach to marketing measurement while remaining deeply hands on with the analytics that drive major investment decisions.
The Company
They are a well known digital brand operating at scale across multiple markets and channels. Data, experimentation and performance form the backbone of their decision making. As they continue to grow, they are investing heavily in marketing science to better understand what drives impact. This contract plays a central role in that effort, directly influencing key commercial and media strategies.
The Role and Deliverables
* Lead the marketing analytics workstream, defining the roadmap for MMM and broader effectiveness measurement.
* Build, implement and refine MMM methodologies to quantify media and key growth drivers.
* Use SQL to develop and maintain robust datasets and pipelines that support modelling and reporting.
* Translate complex modelling outputs into clear, actionable insights for senior marketing, commercial and finance stakeholders.
* Partner with media, performance marketing and marketplace teams to inform channel mix, budget allocation and campaign planning.
* Deliver dashboards, frameworks and playbooks that support ongoing investment decisions beyond the duration of the contract.
Your Skills and Experience
* Strong experience delivering marketing analytics projects in complex digital environments.
* Deep, hands on expertise in building and interpreting MMM.
* Confident SQL skills with the ability to extract, manipulate and quality check large datasets.
* Experience working with media data across brand and performance channels.
* Ability to communicate analytical concepts clearly and influence senior stakeholders.
* Collaborative working style with the ability to partner across marketing, data, product and finance.
How to Apply
If this freelance role sounds like the right next project for you, please apply today.
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Lead Data Engineer
Newcastle upon Tyne
£90000 - £110000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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Lead Data Engineer
£90,000 – £110,000
Remote (UK Only)
This is a standout opportunity to take technical ownership of a modern data engineering function. You will shape data architecture, build high‑impact ETL pipelines, and play a key role in developing both the platform and the team as they enter their next phase of growth.
THE COMPANY
They are a high‑growth online gambling and sports betting platform backed by significant recent investment and focused on delivering an intuitive, mobile‑first user experience. The environment is modern, engineering‑driven, and designed for people who enjoy solving complex technical problems in a fast‑moving setting.
THE ROLE
As a Lead Data Engineer, you will take charge of a Data Engineering team focused on data ingestion and modelling.
Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:
- Leading the design, build and optimisation of ETL pipelines and ingestion frameworks.
- Owning core data engineering solutions across modelling, transformation and orchestration.
- Acting as a technical lead while providing light people leadership to a growing team.
- Collaborating closely with stakeholders to shape data architecture and best practice.
- Driving high coding standards and contribute to long‑term platform scalability.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Lead Data Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
- Strong commercial experience working as a Data Engineer in AWS.
- Solid programming skills in Python and strong SQL capability.
- Exposure to orchestration tools such as Airflow or Dagster.
- Experience with modern data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift or BigQuery.
- Infrastructure‑as‑code experience, ideally Terraform or Pulumi.
BENEFITS
The successful Lead Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:
- Salary between £90,000 – £110,000 – depending on experience.
- Fully remote work.
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.
