Senior Data Engineer

Contract Data Engineer Location: London (Hybrid) Contract: 6 months+ (likely extension) IR35: Outside Start: ASAP Overview Data Engineer required to support a finance transformation programme within a digital financial services business. Focus on modernising financial data systems and replacing manual processes with scalable, cloud-based solutions. Responsibilities • Work closely with finance stakeholders • Design and deliver data integrations and data products • Bring General Ledger into the central reporting repository • Integrate a Treasury Management System into central data and automate accounting postings • Build curated finance data marts for self-service reporting • Enable near real-time reporting capability • Operate as a proactive, autonomous contributor within a Scrum team • Support experimentation with agentic AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT) for discovery and requirement definition Requirements Must-Have: • Strong finance domain knowledge • Extensive AWS data engineering experience • Experience with cloud-native data platforms • Python • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills Nice to Have: • Experience with D365 or similar ERP systems • Experience using Claude / agentic AI in delivery