Hays
Data Engineer
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This role is for a Data Engineer with 5+ years of experience in financial services, focusing on data platform design. Key skills include Python, SQL, Airflow, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). Contract length and pay rate are competitive.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
April 18, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Unknown
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Airflow #Snowflake #Azure #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #MIFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) #GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) #Java #Scala #Data Strategy #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Docker #Automation #Python #Cloud #Strategy #Data Engineering #DevOps #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Spring Boot #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Kubernetes #Kafka (Apache Kafka) #dbt (data build tool) #Spark (Apache Spark) #Data Architecture
Role description
Your new company
• Well known Financial Services Organisation
Your new role
We areworking with a leading financial services organisation undergoing a majortransformation of its clearing and data estate. As a Data Engineer, you willplay a pivotal role in designing and delivering a modern, scalable dataplatform that supports core clearing operations, advanced analytics, andregulatory reporting. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of business andtechnology, ideal for an experienced data engineer who enjoys owning end-to-enddata solutions and contributing to enterprise-wide data strategy.
What you'll need to succeed
• 5+ years' experience in data engineering or software engineering within financialservices or a similarly regulated environment
• Proven experience delivering at least one production-grade data platform
• Strong hands-on capability with modern data engineering tools such as Python, SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, dbt, Snowflake (Essential)
• Experience with backend technologies (e.g. Java / Spring Boot)
• Experiencewith cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native data architectures
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation
• Exposure to financial services regulatory frameworks such as EMIR, MiFID II, GDPR, PFMI, or similar
What you'll get in return
An exciting opportunity to join an internationalorganisation working with a major financial services organisation. Furthermore,a competitive day rate for this role will be offered in addition to your owndedicated Hays Consultant to guide you through every step of the applicationprocess.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Your new company
• Well known Financial Services Organisation
Your new role
We areworking with a leading financial services organisation undergoing a majortransformation of its clearing and data estate. As a Data Engineer, you willplay a pivotal role in designing and delivering a modern, scalable dataplatform that supports core clearing operations, advanced analytics, andregulatory reporting. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of business andtechnology, ideal for an experienced data engineer who enjoys owning end-to-enddata solutions and contributing to enterprise-wide data strategy.
What you'll need to succeed
• 5+ years' experience in data engineering or software engineering within financialservices or a similarly regulated environment
• Proven experience delivering at least one production-grade data platform
• Strong hands-on capability with modern data engineering tools such as Python, SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, dbt, Snowflake (Essential)
• Experience with backend technologies (e.g. Java / Spring Boot)
• Experiencewith cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native data architectures
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation
• Exposure to financial services regulatory frameworks such as EMIR, MiFID II, GDPR, PFMI, or similar
What you'll get in return
An exciting opportunity to join an internationalorganisation working with a major financial services organisation. Furthermore,a competitive day rate for this role will be offered in addition to your owndedicated Hays Consultant to guide you through every step of the applicationprocess.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
