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# Data Engineer (Contract)

- **Company:** hedgehog lab
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Data Streaming, GitHub Copilot, Snowflake, Apache Kafka, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8e24e48b589e5098

## About the Role

* Strong Python and SQL.
 * Hands-on dbt experience.
 * Real pipeline development experience with Snowflake.
 * Exposure to Kafka or event streaming.
 * Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot as part of your everyday workflow.

## Description

We need Data Engineers to build the pipelines that move a large regulated UK organisation's data onto Snowflake. It's a high-scale environment, and this is where most of the delivery happens, so we're hiring more than one.

What you'll do:

 * Build and maintain data pipelines feeding Snowflake.
 * Model and transform data with dbt.
 * Work with streaming data through Kafka.
 * Write clean, tested Python and SQL that other people can rely on.


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