Data Engineer

Financial Conduct Authority; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial regulatory body is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Market Oversight Directorate. You will develop a data ecosystem to enhance market monitoring capabilities, collaborate with teams, and apply data engineering techniques. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in financial markets and AWS, and will demonstrate critical thinking and adaptability. This role offers a hybrid working model with comprehensive benefits and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Non-contributory pension

Private healthcare with Bupa

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in applying data engineering solutions within Financial Services.
• Organized with experience in coordinating multiple workstreams.
• Willingness to learn new tools and techniques quickly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data ecosystem for market oversight.
• Create analytical tools for market monitoring.
• Work with analysts to enhance processes for detecting market abuse.

Skills

Proven experience of financial markets and products

Experience deploying data engineering solutions

AWS services experience

Strong critical thinking

Skills in data visualization

Tools

AWS

Big data technologies

Dashboard tools

Job description

Job Title: Data Engineer – Market Oversight Directorate

Division:

Market Oversight

Department:

Market Oversight Data and Intelligence

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £68,000 and London from £57,700 to £75,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact is Benjamin via [e-mail]. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The Market Oversight Directorate oversees conduct in UK primary and secondary markets through the listing, prospectus, and market abuse regimes, aiming to promote trusted, orderly, and efficient markets via its four departments: Listing, Primary Market Oversight, Secondary Market Oversight, and Market Oversight Data & Intelligence.

Sitting within the Market Oversight Directorate, the Market Oversight Data and Intelligence (MODI) Department, formed in 2024, drives data-led regulation by delivering specialist services, intelligence, and casework across UK markets, supporting innovation, insight, and effective oversight through advanced analytical and technical capabilities.

Role responsibilities

• Collaborate with a supportive team to develop and maintain MO’s data ecosystem, ensuring information flows seamlessly to empower meaningful analytical solutions that strengthen market oversight

• Create innovative analytical tools that enhance market monitoring capabilities, helping safeguard systemically important asset classes and contributing to fair and transparent markets

• Work closely with surveillance analysts to improve platforms and processes, fostering shared learning and building solutions that make detecting market abuse more effective and insightful

• Apply data engineering techniques to uncover behavioural patterns among market participants, enabling the organisation to make informed decisions that protect consumers and maintain integrity

• Engage flexibly across the directorate to support collective objectives, embracing opportunities to learn, share expertise and influence how data science shapes the FCA’s future approach

• Grow your skills through tailored training and collaboration with market experts, gaining confidence and knowledge while contributing to investigations that uphold trust in financial markets

Skills required

Minimum:

• Proven experience of financial markets and products, including Equities, Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities

• Prior experience applying and deploying data engineering solutions within Financial Services, particularly with trading and market data

• Proven experience with AWS services, such as Lambdas, Step Functions, Events and Glue

Essential:

• Highly organised with experience in coordinating multiple workstreams, prioritising and progressing issues effectively and on time

• Willing to learn and apply new tools and techniques quickly, demonstrating adaptability and curiosity

• Skilled at working and providing leadership within diverse teams, bringing together technical and non-technical expertise to achieve shared goals

• Able to present complex technical information and conclusions through clear and logical narratives that are easy to understand

• Strong critical thinking and independent learning abilities, with confidence in self‑teaching and problem‑solving

• Experienced in big‑data technologies on an AWS tech stack and proficient with data visualisation and dashboard tools, enabling clear communication of insights

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work

• Non‑contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary

• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance

• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually

• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values & culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long‑term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

• Advert Closing: 5th January (please submit your application by 4th January 11:59pm)

• CV Review/Shortlist: 8th – 9th January

• Assessments: W/C 12th January

• Interviews: TBC

• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.