Senior Data Engineer – Leading Bank company City of London
Our client, a market‑leading Banking company based in the City of London, is looking to hire a Senior Data Engineer on a 6 months contract to support major global financial projects. You’ll work closely with senior engineering leadership, data specialists, and cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver high‑impact data solutions across the business.
This is a highly collaborative role with the opportunity to shape data architecture, build modern pipelines, and contribute to large‑scale migration and regulatory data initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
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Partner with engineers across multiple systems to understand data availability, structure, and dependencies
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Design and develop queries, scripts, and transformations to migrate data into new platforms
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Collaborate with solution architects to design migration‑day data processes for partner onboarding
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Implement robust data quality checks, validation, and reconciliation processes
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Work closely with platform and infrastructure teams on security, access control, and secrets management
Required Experience
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4+ years’ experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or backend engineering with strong ownership of data pipelines
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Proven experience working in stakeholder‑heavy, cross‑functional environments
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Strong communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts to non‑technical audiences
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Experience delivering financial data projects
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Advanced SQL skills
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Strong understanding of data modelling and data warehousing concepts
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Experience with workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD practices
Key Skills
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Data modelling, ETL development, Big Data
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Python, R, or similar programming languages
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AWS
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SQL & data modelling
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Azure