Can we hire a data engineer in the United Kingdom on carbon.talent?

Yes. carbon.talent is global. Post the role, set the United Kingdom as the country or set UK overlap hours, then see who applied.

Does the data engineer have to live in the United Kingdom?

No. Location is a setting on the role. If only UK hours matter, widen the location and keep the overlap hours.

How do we employ them without a UK entity?

Use an employer of record. Carbon's EOR partner is Deel.

Who decides IR35 status for a contract data engineer?

Medium and large private-sector clients decide and give the contractor a status determination statement. Small clients leave the decision to the contractor's company.

Post your role free with a company account. You can also test a candidate you already found.

What happens after we post a role?

You see who applied. Review the profile, run the interviews you want, and hire vetted data and AI talent on carbon.talent.

What can we review before an interview?

When they are on the profile: a real-world data experience test, a working-style profile, and a video interview. ID checks are on Team and Scale.

Are SQL and Python skills tests on this page?

SQL and Python skills tests are on paid plans. On this page you review a real-world data experience test, a working-style profile, and a video interview when they are on the profile. ID checks are on Team and Scale.

Hire a Data Engineer in the United Kingdom

What this hire does

A data engineer builds and runs the pipelines that move data from your apps and tools into a warehouse or lake, on time and in a shape people can use. UK teams often run on Azure and Microsoft Fabric, or on AWS, with Snowflake, Databricks, and dbt common on top.

Day to day they own ingestion, transformation, and the tables that dashboards and models read. See Hire data engineers for the full role.

Time zones and overlap

The United Kingdom runs on GMT in winter and BST in summer. A UK data engineer shares most of the working day with Europe and the afternoon with the US East Coast.

If UK hours matter more than a UK address, widen the location and keep the overlap hours. See hiring for UK hours.

Employing a data engineer in the United Kingdom

Employee through your UK entity. You run PAYE payroll and check the person's right to work in the UK before they start.
Contractor. Many UK data engineers contract through their own limited company. The off-payroll working rules, known as IR35, decide whether they are taxed like an employee. Medium and large private-sector clients make that decision and give the contractor a status determination statement.
No UK entity. Use an employer of record. Carbon's EOR partner is Deel. See hiring internationally.

carbon.talent does not employ the person. You agree the terms with them.

Data protection and access

Personal data in the UK falls under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act, overseen by the Information Commissioner's Office. Moving personal data out of the UK needs a lawful transfer route, such as an adequacy decision or an international data transfer agreement.

Ask how they handle subject access and erasure requests across every table, and where your data is stored and processed.

What to ask

Walk through a pipeline you own. What happens when a source is late?
How do you backfill a table without doubling rows?
How would you find and delete one person's records across the warehouse?
For contract roles: have you worked inside and outside IR35, and how did the work differ?

How hiring works on carbon.talent

carbon.talent is a data and AI talent platform. Post a role, see who applied, and hire.

Post a role. Title, stack, seniority, and whether you want permanent, contract, or fractional. Set the United Kingdom as the country, or set UK overlap hours.
See who applied. Open each profile. Review a real-world data experience test, a working-style profile, and a video interview when they are on the profile.
Hire. Interview, agree the terms with the person, and hire on the platform. ID checks are on Team and Scale.

Already found someone? Test a candidate you found, then decide.

Questions companies ask

Can we hire a data engineer in the United Kingdom on carbon.talent?: Yes. carbon.talent is global. Post the role, set the United Kingdom as the country or set UK overlap hours, then see who applied.
Does the data engineer have to live in the United Kingdom?: No. Location is a setting on the role. If only UK hours matter, widen the location and keep the overlap hours.
How do we employ them without a UK entity?: Use an employer of record. Carbon's EOR partner is Deel.
Who decides IR35 status for a contract data engineer?: Medium and large private-sector clients decide and give the contractor a status determination statement. Small clients leave the decision to the contractor's company.
How do we start?: Post your role free with a company account. You can also test a candidate you already found.
What happens after we post a role?: You see who applied. Review the profile, run the interviews you want, and hire vetted data and AI talent on carbon.talent.
What can we review before an interview?: When they are on the profile: a real-world data experience test, a working-style profile, and a video interview. ID checks are on Team and Scale.
Are SQL and Python skills tests on this page?: SQL and Python skills tests are on paid plans. On this page you review a real-world data experience test, a working-style profile, and a video interview when they are on the profile. ID checks are on Team and Scale.

Hire a data engineer in the United Kingdom