Data Engineer

LHV Bank; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join their dynamic team in London. In this hands-on role, you will design and optimize scalable data pipelines, focusing on modern data warehousing and data democratization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build intuitive data models and empower self-service analytics. This innovative firm offers a competitive salary, a hybrid working environment, and a culture that values data as a product. If you're passionate about data-driven decision-making and want to make a real impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary & progression

Open and inclusive culture

Hybrid working

Vitality Health Plan

Medicash health plan

5% employer pension contribution

Life assurance

Income protection insurance

28 days holiday plus additional days

Team socials

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in Data Engineering with a focus on data warehousing.
• Hands-on experience with AWS technologies and data processing tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data warehousing solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver high-value data products.

Skills

Data Warehousing

SQL

Python

Data Modeling

Cloud Technologies

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS Redshift

AWS Glue

Terraform

GitHub

CI/CD

Airflow

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

LHV Bank, a fully licensed UK bank, specialises in Savings, Banking Services for global fintechs, and SME Lending solutions for UK businesses, offering commercial real estate investment and trading loans from £0.5m. As a leading provider of real-time multi-currency payments, accounts, acquiring, indirect scheme access, open banking, and FX solutions, LHV Bank supports 200+ fintech companies, including Airwallex, Currencycloud, Truelayer, and Wise, serving 10 million+ end customers and reaching a potential market of 500 million across the UK and Europe.

After obtaining its UK banking licence in May 2023, LHV Bank entered the retail savings market via deposit aggregators in August 2023, followed by the launch of its direct-to-customer retail banking proposition in December 2024.

For more information, visit lhv.com.

We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer with a strong focus on modern data warehousing, data product development, and data democratization. You will play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines and clean data layers that empower teams across the organization to make informed, data-driven decisions.

This is a hands-on role that blends engineering excellence with product thinking, metadata management, and a passion for enabling self-service analytics and data literacy across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Build & Maintain Scalable Data Warehousing Solutions:

• Design, build, and maintain robust ELT pipelines and transformation workflows
• Model and maintain curated data layers to support reporting, analytics, and decision-making
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of data warehouse systems (cloud-based, e.g., Redshift)

Develop & Manage Data Products:

• Collaborate with business and domain experts to define and deliver high-value, reusable data products
• Implement best practices around versioning, SLAs, data contracts, and quality validation
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of key datasets, including documentation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance
• Use metadata, lineage, and usage metrics to ensure data products are trustworthy, discoverable, and valuable

Enable Data Democratization & Self-Service:

• Build intuitive, well-structured data models to empower BI tools (e.g., QuickSight, Power BI, Tableau)
• Collaborate with analysts and domain users to promote adoption of self-serve analytics tools
• Create and maintain data dictionaries, technical and business catalogs, and user onboarding documentation
• Contribute to internal data enablement initiatives such as training and knowledge-sharing sessions

Governance, Quality, and Compliance:

• Implement data access controls and support zero-trust security principles
• Support data classification, lineage, and automated data governance tooling
• Ensure compliance with internal and external data policies (e.g., GDPR)

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, with a strong focus on data warehousing and data modeling
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native data tech (preferably AWS: Redshift, Glue, S3, Lambda, IAM, Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and automation
• Experience working with data modeling tools and practices (e.g., dimensional, star/snowflake schema, dbt)
• Solid understanding of data governance, metadata, and quality frameworks
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally in an Agile environment

Desirable:

• Exposure to data product management principles (SLAs, contracts, ownership models)
• Familiarity with orchestration tools and observability platforms (Airflow, dbt, Monte Carlo, etc.)
• Exposure to real-time/streaming pipelines
• Understanding of information security best practices
• Familiarity with BI tools (QuickSight, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.)
• Interest or experience in building internal data communities or enablement programs
• Working with diverse data sources (APIs, CRMs, SFTP, databases) and formats (Parquet, JSON, XML, CSV)
• Exposure to machine learning models or AI agents

Why Join Us

• Help shape the future of data in an organization that treats data as a product
• Work in a modern data stack environment with a focus on real impact
• Be part of a collaborative, open, and empowering data culture
• Drive innovation in self-service analytics and data literacy

Some of our benefits
• Competitive salary & progression
• Open and inclusive culture
• Hybrid working
• Fantastic offices and great working environment
• Vitality Health Plan (includes private health insurance, travel insurance, gym discounts)
• Medicash health plan (Level 3)
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Income protection insurance
• 28 days holiday plus 3 additional days, bank holidays & further days for various key life events
• Team socials