Senior Data Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by 1774517019
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Summary: The Senior Data Engineer role focuses on developing innovative data solutions to combat financial crime within a cybersecurity and fraud prevention team. The position requires designing and implementing scalable data pipelines and collaborating with cross-functional teams. It offers a hybrid working arrangement, primarily based in Manchester or London, for a 12-month contract. The role emphasizes high standards of code quality and continuous improvement in engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement robust, scalable data pipelines for real-time analytics.
- Build ELT pipelines from source to presentation while ensuring code quality and documentation.
- Collaborate with developers, product owners, and scrum masters on solution design.
- Own deployments across environments and support systems in production.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a Data Engineer.
- Advanced Python and SQL skills.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Proficiency in PySpark and/or Pandas.
- Familiarity with data quality tools (e.g., Great Expectations).
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
- Understanding of modern development best practices and agile methodologies.
- Experience with graph databases is a plus but not essential.
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
- Negotiable
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Contract
Senior Data Engineer - Anti-Fraud Technology
Location: Manchester or London (Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite)
Contract: 12 months
Rate: up to £600 p/d (DOE)
Join a forward-thinking cybersecurity and fraud prevention team working at the cutting edge of technology. This role offers the opportunity to design and build innovative data solutions that help detect and prevent financial crime, protecting hundreds of thousands of users across the UK and Europe.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design and implement robust, scalable data pipelines that power real-time analytics and critical decision-making systems. You'll work across the full data lifecycle, building ELT pipelines from source to presentation, while ensuring high standards of code quality, testing, and documentation.
You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including developers, product owners, and scrum masters, contributing to solution design and continuous improvement of engineering practices. The role also involves owning deployments across environments and supporting systems in production.
Key skills and experience:
- Strong experience as a Data Engineer
- Advanced Python and SQL skills
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Proficiency in PySpark and/or Pandas
- Familiarity with data quality tools (e.g., Great Expectations)
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Understanding of modern development best practices and agile methodologies
- Experience with graph databases is a plus but not essential.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, building future-proof solutions, and continuously developing both technical and interpersonal skills within a collaborative, agile environment.
Please apply today to be considered
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.