Job Description
Senior Data Engineer
Salary: Up to £75,000
I am working with a well-established financial services organisation that is undergoing a major transformation of its data and analytics capabilities. The data team plays a critical role in building scalable, cloud-first data solutions that provide actionable insights to support executive and operational decision-making. These insights underpin the organisation’s growth strategy across both domestic and international markets.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will take an active role in shaping solution delivery against business requirements while contributing to the wider technical architecture and strategy. This is a hands-on position where you will spend most of your time developing robust data solutions while also mentoring a small team of Data Engineers to ensure adherence to best practices and governance standards.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
1. Designing end-to-end data architecture aligned with modern best practices.
2. Building and managing ingestion pipelines using Databricks and related tools.
3. Developing PySpark/Spark SQL notebooks for complex transformations and cleansing.
4. Applying governance, security, and CI/CD best practices across cloud environments.
5. Leading technical discussions and produ...