Data Engineer

Data Engineer – Edinburgh – up to £40K plus benefits (Hybrid working)

Change Digital are working closely with a Financial Services organisation in the UK who are looking for a Data Engineer to join their existing team. You will have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in building and maintaining the data flows and data acquisition processes to deliver well-structured, efficient and performant data marts to drive business analysis and processes. Reporting to the Data Engineering Lead(s) for direction in terms of priorities or technical support, and support them through delivery of projects/work within deadlines, prompt escalation of risks or issues and ensuring that day to day activities are delivered within SLAs. The majority of their data flow scripts are currently in SAS. You’ll liaise with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, delivering end to end data requests and ensuring single version of the truth across the organisation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Application Software Development: Contribute to development of existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Contribute to development of new applications to meet customer requirements.
• Product/Service Development: Solve known problems and/or deliver defined outcomes by performing designated development/engineering activities using existing systems.
• Faults Diagnosis and Correction: Provide fault isolation and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Research and suggest technical developments to improve quality of the website/portal/software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
• Project Management: Support others by carrying out a range of project management activities.
• Technical Database Support: Design distribution of basic database resources and provide physical modelling and design services to tune database applications for optimum performance.
• Data Architecture: Maintain a data recording process/system, performing functions such as data archiving and updating.
• Data Collection and Analysis: Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.
• Data Exploration: Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting that data into standard formats.
• Data Management: Help others get the most out of data management systems by providing support and advice.

We need you to have:

• Ability to analyse and interpret data with good investigative and analytical skills and make recommendations.
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with non-technical internal colleagues.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
• Proven organisation skills with the ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate sound attention to detail, ensuring any output is accurate before being passed onto the wider business.
• Experience developing and maintaining strong working relationships.
• Demonstrate a ‘Can Do’ attitude with a desire to thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• Some knowledge of SQL / SAS is preferred but not essential.
• Sound experience and understanding of established procedures or systems.
• Evidence of problem solving, investigative and analytical skills.
• Evidence of learning technical skills.
• Insurance or other financial services experience would be beneficial.

This role is urgent in nature so please email your CV to or call077 375 38 248for more information.