4485 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- 5+ years experience in data engineering, application development, or data platform roles
- Strong PostgreSQL knowledge, including indexing, optimization, and partitioning
- Background in financial or investment data environments
- Advanced SQL and Python skills
- Experience migrating data from platforms like Databricks
- Confident with dimensional modeling, star schemas, SCDs, etc.
- Experience within regulated financial services
- Exposure to Airflow or dbt is desirable
- Cloud platform familiarity (Azure or AWS)
- Knowledge of data governance best practices
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a secure PostgreSQL-based data platform
- Lead the shift away from Databricks and spreadsheet-dependent reporting
- Create dimensional data models covering investments, pricing, performance, and related domains
- Develop reliable ETL/ELT processes in Python
- Implement data quality, reconciliation, and validation controls
- Optimize database performance for analytical and reporting workloads
- Ensure compliance with FCA and TPR regulatory guidelines
- Set up access controls, security standards, and permissioning
- Establish monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
- Collaborate closely with investment, risk, and finance teams
Description
We are a London-based Financial Services company seeking a Senior AWS Data Engineer to support in architecting and delivering a new PostgreSQL-driven data platform. This is a high-impact greenfield build where you will have full ownership of the platforms design. We offer a flexible hybrid arrangement that requires only occasional travel to our London office, along with opportunities for high visibility and direct engagement with senior stakeholders across multiple business areas.
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The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 105 different Data Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Data Engineers.