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Data-driven. Insight-led. Business-focused. If you’re an experienced Data Engineer looking for a role where you can shape the entire data strategy, this could be for you.

We’re partnering with a high-growth FinTech challenger that’s transforming later-life lending. They need a Lead Data Consultant who can architect, optimise, and scale their data platform—not just to manage pipelines, but to drive customer insights, segmentation, and acquisition strategies.

The Role

As the sole Data Engineer, you’ll have full ownership of defining and evolving the data ecosystem. You’ll work closely with business stakeholders across marketing, product, and risk to ensure data is leveraged to support customer acquisition, engagement, and operational efficiency.

You’ll be responsible for:
✅ Data Strategy & Leadership – advising on best practices for scalability, cost efficiency, and governance
✅ Data Engineering & Modelling – designing ETL/ELT pipelines, optimising the AWS-based data lake
✅ Customer & Business Insight – enabling customer segmentation and predictive modelling to drive growth
✅ Stakeholder Enablement – enhancing self-service analytics via Looker and other BI tools
✅ Cost & Performance Optimisation – improving data ingestion and transformation while keeping cloud costs low

Tech Stack & Tools

Cloud & Storage: AWS (DMS, Lambda, Glue, S3, Athena)
Data Processing: Python, Parquet
BI & Analytics: Looker
Data Ingestion: Stitch
Data Sources: Broker & customer data, mortgage applications, affordability models, CRM (HubSpot), marketing campaigns, property data, FCA & valuation data

Who We’re Looking For

A strategic problem-solver – you understand the challenges a FinTech faces and how data can solve them
A hands-on engineer – you’ve built and optimised cloud-based data platforms
A commercial thinker – you can translate data into meaningful business insights
A cost-conscious leader – you can balance innovation with efficiency

Why Apply?

Own the data function – be the go-to expert, setting the data strategy from the ground up
Equity in a growing FinTech – share in the company’s success
Fully remote (UK-based) – work from anywhere with flexibility
Make a real impact – your insights will shape customer strategy and acquisition

Interested?
This is a high-impact role in a company that sees data as a growth driver, not just an IT function

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