Senior Data Engineer

Salary: £70,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or backend engineering with strong ownership of data pipelines
• Proven experience working in stakeholder-heavy, cross-functional environments
• Strong communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Experience delivering financial data projects
• Advanced SQL skills
• Strong understanding of data modelling and data warehousing concepts
• Experience with workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD practices
• Proficient in data modelling, ETL development, and Big Data
• Experience in Python, Java, or similar programming languages
• Familiarity with AWS, SQL, and data modelling
• Knowledge of Kafka, Kinesis, or Pulsar
• Experience with Terraform and AWS infrastructure tooling

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers across multiple systems to understand data availability, structure, and dependencies
• Design and develop queries, scripts, and transformations to migrate data into new platforms
• Collaborate with solution architects to design migration-day data processes for partner onboarding
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines and workflow automation using Snowflake and Apache Airflow
• Implement robust data quality checks, validation, and reconciliation processes
• Work closely with platform and infrastructure teams on security, access control, and secrets management

Technologies

• Airflow
• AWS
• Big Data
• Backend
• CI/CD
• ETL
• Support
• Java
• Kafka
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• Snowflake
• Terraform
• Cloud

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We are a market-leading FinTech based in the City of London, seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support major global financial projects. Our role emphasizes collaboration with senior engineering leadership, data specialists, and cross-functional stakeholders. We offer fully remote working, an excellent benefits package, and the chance to work on global, high-impact financial data projects using a modern tech stack within a strong engineering culture.

last updated 25 week of 2026