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Senior Data Engineer

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£80,000 – £90,000 pa
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£80,000 – £90,000 pa

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Posted
30 Apr 2026 (2 weeks ago)

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Health cover Pension Insurance Enhanced leave Flexible bank holiday options
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Senior Data Engineer

Central London (2-3 days a week)

Salary £90,000 plus benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a modern AWS data platform within a growing financial organisation. You will play a key role in shaping their data environment, strengthening engineering standards, and ensuring their data is ready for analytics and AI initiatives.

The Company
They are a digital-focused financial services organisation operating across commercial banking, fintech enablement, and lending. Their technology supports a wide range of products, and they continue to invest heavily in modern data capabilities. With strong momentum and a commitment to advancing their UK data function, they offer a place where you can make meaningful technical impact.

The Role
* Design and maintain end to end ELT and ETL pipelines within a large scale AWS environment.
* Build well structured data models and curated layers to support reporting and analytics.
* Improve data quality, observability, governance, and overall platform reliability.
* Lead architectural decisions and support a review of existing workflows and pipelines.
* Contribute to ongoing transformation and migration projects.
* Provide technical guidance and mentor a junior engineer.

Your Skills and Experience
* Strong commercial experience working with AWS in production environments.
* Proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing and orchestration.
* Experience with Airflow for workflow management.
* Knowledge of cloud data warehousing, ideally Redshift.
* Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD tooling such as Terraform and GitHub.
* Ability to build reliable, governed pipelines with strong data quality and lineage practices.
* Experience in regulated settings or fast moving scale ups is beneficial.

What They Offer
* Salary of £90,000.
* Hybrid working with 2-3 days in the office.
* A comprehensive benefits package including health cover, pension, insurance, enhanced leave, and flexible bank holiday options.
* Opportunities to influence architectural direction within a modern data and AI function.
* Clear progression as the data team continues to grow.

How to Apply
If this London based Senior Data Engineer role sounds like the right next step, apply now.

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