FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Data Engineer to work for our client within the financial services sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Edinburgh.
Our client is looking for looking for a passionate and experienced Data Engineer in the Prudential and Analytics Platform to play a pivotal role in leading the design, development, as well as delivery of integrated software and data solutions.
You will contribute to strategic initiatives by driving technical excellence across application and data engineering domains, operating at the team and occasionally at lab level. The role blends deep technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, requiring a strong understanding of software architecture, data engineering practices, and product delivery.
Responsibilities
1. Engineer software and data products are stable, scalable, performant, accessible, testable, and secure
2. Utilise endorsed technologies and apply common build patterns to minimise technical debt
3. Adhere to group policies and frameworks for build, release, and governance
4. Contribute to designing, planning, code reviews, as well as team ceremonies, understanding work through planning, to commit to achievable goals, prioritising, and escalating as need, while making improvements
5. Participate in technical communities to advance shared capabilities while reusing opportunities and automating repetitive manual tasks where possible
6. Promote active application custodianship by contributing to incident root-cause analysis, identifying improvements, and acting on learnings
7. Support team growth by mentoring early career engineers to advance their technical skills, and undertake technical interviews such as paired programming
8. Invest in developing your own technical and agile skills while owning custodianship governance activities on technical assets
9. Manage and lead more junior engineers, focusing on effective task allocation, team development, and delivery of technical outcomes