Data Engineer (Banking Experience)
Posted Today by Chapman Tate Associates
£600 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The role of Contract Data Engineer requires an experienced professional with a strong background in banking or financial services to support high-priority data initiatives. The engineer will be responsible for designing and optimizing data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and contributing to cloud migration projects. This position is hybrid and offers a competitive day rate. The contract is initially for six months with potential extensions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
- Integrate and transform large volumes of financial data from multiple sources
- Work closely with stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams
- Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance
- Contribute to data platform enhancements and cloud migration projects
- Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in a fast-paced environment
Key Skills:
- Proven track record as a Data Engineer within banking or financial services (essential)
- Strong SQL and Python (or equivalent) development skills
- Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing, and pipeline design
- Experience supporting regulatory or risk-related data workflows
Salary (Rate): £600/day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Job Title: Contract Data Engineer (Banking Experience Required)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Day Rate: £550–£600 per day (Outside IR35 – subject to assessment)
Contract Length: 6 months initial (extensions likely)
Overview
Chapman Tate are looking for an experienced Contract Data Engineer with a strong background in banking or financial services to support a range of high-priority data initiatives. You will play a key role in delivering scalable data solutions, enabling regulatory reporting, and improving data architecture across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
- Integrate and transform large volumes of financial data from multiple sources
- Work closely with stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams
- Ensure high standards of data quality, governance, and compliance
- Contribute to data platform enhancements and cloud migration projects
- Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in a fast-paced environment
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven track record as a Data Engineer within banking or financial services (essential)
- Strong SQL and Python (or equivalent) development skills
- Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing, and pipeline design
- Experience supporting regulatory or risk-related data workflows
Desirable Experience
- Exposure to real-time/streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka)
- Experience in large-scale data transformation or migration programmes
- Familiarity with CI/CD, DataOps, or DevOps practices
If you’re a contract Data Engineer with banking experience available in the next two weeks, please apply with your latest CV.