Senior Data Engineer

JOB TITLE: Senior Data Engineer (3 year FTC)

SALARY: £72,702 - £80,780

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh or Leeds

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy. 

What you’ll be doing

Prudential & Analytics (P&A) is on an exciting journey and there is no better a time to join us.

We are pioneering the transformation of current processes from our on-premises platforms and have started our journey in deploying solutions on the Google Cloud Platform. This role sits within our platforms Analytics Lab who are looking to create strategic data products and build data and analytics capability.

In this role you’ll collaborate with the Software Engineers, Risk Scientists, and Business SMEs and lead other Data Engineers to design, develop, integrate and test Data Product features on the product roadmaps to meet customer needs.

You’ll Design, develop, maintain and continuously enhance data processes that underpin critical regulatory and prudential change, delivering high-quality solutions while shaping how others approach the work through clear leadership and oversight.

You will play a key role in building modern data products, pipelines and APIs that power current and future analytics and reporting. Alongside this, you will set the standard for engineering excellence—mentoring colleagues, offering constructive feedback and creating opportunities for shared learning and growth. Working closely with the Product Owner and customers, you will help shape and prioritise the feature team backlog, applying strong problem-solving skills and sound technical judgement to assess options and define a clear, confident way forward.

Why join us?

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

What we’re looking for?

• Passion for software and data engineering, adopting the mindset of a curious engineer
• A technical lead, who takes ownership of deliveries within a Feature Team and is willing to help grow and guide engineers to form successful teams.
• Experience with cloud technology for data solutions, particularly Google Cloud Platform
• Experience DBT, SQL, Python, Java or SAS and other open source technologies used in analytics is essential.
• Ability to understand complex business requirements and create business ready solutions
• Strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, particularly the ability to convey business information arising from technical subject matter to non-technical people.
   

And any experience of these would be great

• Insights into industry solutions for data management, storage, and analytics
• Experience of working within regulatory change would be advantageous, including Credit Risk, capital and impairment processes.
• Experience of Commercial Banking Application Landscape and associated data models and data flows
• Experience of line management.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you:

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

 We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

 We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.