Data Engineer

Robert Walters
City of London
2 weeks ago
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We are a consultancy operating within Robert Walters, the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.


The Role

We are seeking a Data Engineer to join us on a permanent basis via the Robert Walters Consultancy. Your first assignment will be at JP Morgan, in London. For this role, we are seeking candidates with 10+ years of overall experience, including extensive Python development in the financial domain, with strong expertise in designing and implementing comprehensive test suites across unit, integration, end-to-end, and performance levels.


What you’ll do

  • Design and deliver end-to-end cloud-based data pipelines using modern technologies and industry best practices.
  • Apply domain-driven design to build scalable, maintainable, and testable business-critical software.
  • Architect resilient systems with no single points of failure, ensuring high availability and zero-downtime releases.
  • Develop secure, high-performance solutions with optimized data access and proactive performance monitoring.
  • Ensure system reliability and operational excellence through robust observability, issue investigation, and permanent fixes.
  • Own and support products throughout their full lifecycle, including production support, incident management, and continuous technology improvement.

What you bring

  • Strong proficiency in modern Python, including designing and implementing robust test strategies (unit, integration, end-to-end, performance).
  • Solid experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing optimization.
  • Hands‑on expertise with data transformation frameworks, pipeline orchestration tools, and event‑driven architectures including streaming and messaging.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to manage stakeholders and prioritize across multiple work streams.
  • Proven ability to coach and mentor team members on coding standards, design principles, and maintainable implementation patterns.
  • Preferred experience working in highly regulated environments, with hands‑on AWS expertise, strong data governance knowledge, and a solid understanding of incremental data processing, versioning, and RESTful APIs.
  • Formal training or certification in data engineering, backed by recent hands‑on professional experience as a data engineer.

What’s next

If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.


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