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Senior Data Engineer AWS - Finance

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6 days ago
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Senior Data Engineer (AWS Kafka Python) London / WFH to £85k

Are you a tech savvy Data Engineer with AWS expertise combined with client facing skills?

You could be joining a global technology consultancy with a range of banking, financial services and insurance clients in a senior, hands-on Data Engineer role.

As a Senior Data Engineer you will design and build end-to-end real-time data pipelines using AWS native tools, Kafka and modern data architectures, applying AWS Well-Architected Principles to ensure scalability, security and resilience. You'll collaborate directly with clients to analyse requirements, define solutions and deliver production grade systems, leading the development of robust, well tested and fault tolerant data engineering solutions.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home model with two days a week in the London, City office (or at client site in London).

About you:

You are an experienced Data Engineer within financial services environments You have expertise with AWS including Lake formation and transformation layers You have strong Python coding skills You have experience with real-time data streaming using Kafka You're collaborative and pragmatic with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills You're comfortable taking ownership of projects and working end-to-end You have a good knowledge of Distributed Systems and DevOps tooling Ideally you will also have Databricks experience

What's in it for you:

As a Senior Data Engineer you will earn a highly competitive package:

Salary to £85k Bonus c15% Pension (up to 7% employer contribution), Life Assurance, Income Protection Private medical care for you and your family, including mental health Travel Insurance Charitable giving Gym membership for you and your family Flexible holiday scheme

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