Senior Data Engineer

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London / £75000 - £90000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

£75000 - £90000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Senior Data Engineer

Location: London or Leeds/Manchester (Hybrid 2-3 Days in Office)

Salary: Up to £90,000

This is an opportunity to join a growing data function where you will shape a modern cloud data platform, influence engineering best practice, and take ownership of end‑to‑end pipelines that power analytics, reporting, and AI use cases. You will play a key role in uplifting data quality, governance, and platform stability, while mentoring more junior members of the team.

The Company
They are a fast‑scaling UK financial services organisation operating across commercial banking, embedded banking services, and SME lending. With strong recent growth and continued investment in technology, they are building out a modern data stack to support reporting, decision‑making, and future AI initiatives. Their data team is expanding, and they are committed to building a high‑quality, well‑governed, cloud‑native data environment. The role can be based in London, Leeds, or Manchester.

The Role and Responsibilities
You will join the Data and AI team and be responsible for:
  • Designing, building, and maintaining scalable ELT/ETL pipelines in a large‑scale AWS environment
  • Improving data warehousing and modelling across curated and analytics layers
  • Enhancing governance, lineage, and data quality across the platform
  • Introducing and optimising tooling such as dbt and orchestration frameworks
  • Supporting an upcoming migration project and modernisation of existing processes
  • Collaborating closely with senior engineers and business stakeholders

Requirements and Tech Stack
You will have strong commercial experience in:
  • AWS‑based data engineering, including Redshift, S3, IAM and related services
  • Building and maintaining data pipelines using Python and SQL
  • Orchestration tools such as Airflow
  • Data modelling and warehouse architecture in modern cloud environments
  • Git‑based development and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)
Desirable experience includes exposure to regulated industries, migration work, self‑service analytics enablement, and working in scale‑ups.

What They Offer
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • The chance to influence platform architecture and engineering practices
  • Clear progression within a growing Data and AI function
  • The ability to take ownership of key data domains and mentor others

How to Apply
If you are interested in this Senior Data Engineer position that can shape the Data and AI road map, apply now!

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