Senior Cloud Data Engineer

London
7 months ago
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Role: Senior Cloud Data Engineer

Location: London, 3 days per week on site required

Duration: 6-month contract

Rate: Via umbrella

About the Client

Join a global leader in financial technology and payments innovation, powering millions of transactions every day across the world. This organisation is at the forefront of digital transformation in payments, driving innovation and building secure, scalable solutions that shape the future of commerce. Their culture is collaborative, forward-thinking, and dynamic, offering an environment where talented individuals can make a real impact.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Cloud Data Engineer, you will be joining the Data Platform Team, a core function that underpins mission-critical infrastructure for the business. You'll play a key role in designing and developing solutions that ensure stability, scalability, and compliance across global systems. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-impact work at the heart of the payments industry.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders to define business and technical requirements.

Design and implement scalable data workflows and lifecycle management solutions.

Ensure data quality, security, compliance, and retention policies are upheld.

Support encryption, archiving, and audit readiness.

Promote best practices and knowledge sharing across the team.

Continuously explore new tools and technologies to strengthen the platform.

What You Bring

Strong SQL skills and in-depth knowledge of Oracle database architecture.

Proficiency in PL/SQL, with experience in partitioning and indexing.

Expertise in Python (primary language) and shell scripting.

Background in high-volume, distributed processing systems.

Familiarity with DevOps tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.

Solid grounding in modern engineering principles and full-stack development.

Bonus Skills: Airflow, Kafka/Kafka Connect, Delta Lake, JSON/XML/Parquet/YAML, cloud-based data services.

Why Apply?

Work for a global payments innovator shaping the future of commerce.

Join a highly skilled, collaborative, and forward-thinking data team.

Access opportunities for growth, learning, and leadership.

Thrive in a culture that values inclusivity, innovation, and impact.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered please click the "apply" button.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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