At IT Labs, we’re looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to join a customer-facing team supporting a deep-tech client operating at the intersection of AI, engineering, and advanced analytics. The client is building internal data capabilities to support rapid growth, focusing on areas such as capacity planning, recruitment, and organizational insights.
In this role, you’ll work closely with internal stakeholders to design and deliver data pipelines, models, and dashboards that turn complex datasets into clear, actionable insights. You’ll collaborate across teams, bridging technical data work with business understanding, and helping teams make better decisions through data.
This is a highly collaborative role that blends data engineering, analytics, and business analysis. You’ll be trusted to work autonomously, engage stakeholders proactively, and help shape how internal data is structured, accessed, and used across the organization.
What you will do:
- Work closely with internal teams to understand business questions related to recruitment, people planning, and operations.
- Build and maintain ETL / ELT pipelines integrating data from multiple internal systems.
- Design and implement data models and warehouse structures.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting layers for internal use.
- Perform data analysis and reporting to support operational decision-making.
- Translate business needs into metrics, KPIs, and data structures.
- Clearly communicate insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ensure data solutions follow security, access control, and compliance best practices.
- Challenge assumptions and propose data-driven improvements.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with ETL / ELT pipelines and data integration.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling.
- Experience working with data warehouses.
- Experience using AWS.
- Experience with BI tools, dashboards, and reporting layers.
- Strong data analysis skills with the ability to connect data to business context.
- High level of business acumen.
- Ability to communicate insights clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and challenging assumptions constructively.
- Understanding of data security, access control, and compliance.
- Availability to work onsite in London 2–3 days per week.
Nice to Have
- Background as a Data Analyst or Business Analyst transitioning into Data Engineering.
- Prior experience with internal company analytics, HR, or recruitment data.
- Experience working in a hybrid onsite model.
Working conditions:
- Long-term 12-month contract with possibility for extension.
- Full-time arrangement (40h per week).
- Hybrid setup: 2–3 days onsite in London.
- Choose your contract: Contract or B2B.
- PTO provided.
- A background check will be executed if approved to be hired.
Our values
We are a company that seeks the best for both our employees and clients, reaching beyond expectations in turning dreams into reality. Our way of working is rooted in our core values (Integrity, Excellence, Proactivity, Innovation, and People), with an expectation that our future colleagues will make these their second nature in their everyday work and life. We don’t ask for perfection, but we do appreciate people motivated to better themselves in every conceivable aspect.
About IT Labs
Founded in 2005, IT Labs is an international software tech company, specializing in purpose and process-driven teams for high-performance, innovation, transformation, and efficiency. Our HQ is in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and we have teams and offices around the world - the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, and North Macedonia. We are constantly growing, and we would love for you to become part of our team!
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What We Do
IT Labs a global technology development company specializing in providing high-performing teams that are process driven and provide guaranteed results. Our teams are modeled in a way that perfectly matches to our clients' needs and our process is proven to deliver high-quality deliverables, on time and on the budget, every time, guaranteed.
IT Labs is proud to be a Microsoft Partner, Amazon Web Services Technology Partner, and is certified for ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, and 27000-1.
Team-As-A-Service
IT Labs has established itself as the leading provider of software development teams. Our focus on hand-picking the right talent, combining it into a team with compatible skill-sets, along with continuous talent development, has enabled us to provide our clients with prepared, process-enabled, reliable teams, ready to start on short notice.
Digital Transformation & Innovation
Utilizing our complete product development lifecycle process, we help develop innovative solutions for mature companies or startups. Aligning the revenue strategy, business model, short-term and long-term goals, we help companies establish suitable digital transformation and process-optimization.
Integrity & Loyalty
Long-term client care is the number one priority at our company. We enjoy the time that we spend on projects. We are only interested in establishing long-term business relationships with our clients/partners that involve a great deal of synergy and mutual success.
IT Labs’ Educational Lab
Sixty percent of our workforce is trained in-house. IT Labs’ Educational Lab is one of the most important parts of our intellectual power. It creates new experts with fresh and ambitious ideas. The goal of the lab is to train the company’s future talent by perfecting their skill-sets, embracing the process and enjoying the corporate culture.
