Data Engineer Lead, NatWest Rooster Money

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to drive data transformation and develop innovative, data-driven solutions. In this role, you will lead a team, engage stakeholders, and contribute to strategic data engineering initiatives in a remote-first environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in ETL design, data quality, and knowledge of data platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in building strategies for data teams.
• Ability to engage and manage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Advanced experience in data warehousing and modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in developing business data structures.
• Drive DevOps adoption in data engineering.
• Ensure data solutions meet business stakeholder needs.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Experience in a governed environment

In-depth knowledge of Natwest Rooster Money

ETL technical design

Data quality testing

Programming languages

Job description

Overview

• We\'ll look to you to drive the build of effortless, digital-first customer experiences as you simplify our bank while keeping our data safe and secure
• Day-to-day, you\'ll develop innovative, data-driven solutions through data pipeline modelling and ETL design, inspiring to be commercially successful through insights
• This is your opportunity to explore your leadership potential while bringing a competitive edge to your career profile by solving problems and creating smarter solutions
• You will lead the NatWest Rooster Money data transformation, ensuring we build an aligned and integrated platform that supports our ambition of acquiring, retaining, and graduating customers to more NatWest products

What you\'ll do

In this role, you\'ll lead a team, develop, and share knowledge of business data structures and metrics, advocating for changes when needed for product development. You\'ll also educate and embed new data techniques into the business through role modelling, training, and experiment design oversight.

We\'ll look to you to drive DevOps adoption into the delivery of data engineering, proactively performing root cause analysis while resolving issues. You\'ll also deliver a clear understanding of data platform cost levers to meet department cost savings and income targets.

You\'ll also be responsible for:

• Driving customer value by understanding complex business problems and requirements to correctly apply the most appropriate and reusable tools to gather and build data solutions
• Actively participating in the data engineering community to deliver opportunities to support our bank\'s strategic direction
• Driving data engineering strategies to build complex, scalable data architecture and a customer feature rich dataset
• Driving the advanced automation of data engineering pipelines through the removal of manual stages
• Working alongside colleagues, scrums and project teams while liaising with technology and engineering teams to build business stakeholder engagement and to develop data solutions

The skills you\'ll need

We\'re looking for someone with strong communication skills and the ability to proactively engage and manage a wide range of stakeholders. You\'ll have extensive experience working in a governed, and regulatory environment.

You\'ll also need:

• In depth knowledge and experience of both Natwest Rooster Money and Natwest data platforms
• Experience in building strategies to develop and transform data teams and platforms while maintaining business as usual
• Experience of extracting value and features from large scale data, delivering excellent customer and colleague outcomes
• An understanding of data usage and dependencies with wider teams and end customers and knowledge of modern code development practices
• Advanced experience of ETL technical design, data quality testing, cleansing and monitoring, data sourcing, exploration and analysis, and data warehousing and data modelling capabilities
• Experience of using programming languages, alongside knowledge of data and software engineering fundamentals
• An understanding of modern code development practices
• Knowledge of customer propositions and journeys, with experience in the youth segment

Hours
35

Job Posting Closing Date: 18/09/2025

Ways of Working: Remote First