Role: AI Data Engineer Location: 100% remote Start date: May 2026 Length: 12 month contract, with option to extend or convert to full time About: Enterprise manufacturing organisation scaling AI initiatives globally. Looking for a Data Engineer focused on building robust, scalable data pipelines that power ML and AI workloads. Essential Skills: Strong experience with Azure Data Factory and Synapse Analytics Proven delivery of data pipelines supporting machine learning workloads Strong SQL, Python, and Spark (PySpark preferred) Experience working with Azure Data Lake / Blob Storage at scale Understanding of data governance, security, and data quality in Azure environments Nice to have: Experience with feature stores or ML data versioning concepts Exposure to real-time or streaming data pipelines Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.