Software Engineer - Data Reporting

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech unicorn seeks a Software Engineer to design and develop backend reporting systems for their data platform. This high-impact role requires collaboration across teams and a robust understanding of data reporting in a financial context, targeting candidates with strong skills in Python, SQL, and data architecture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in architecting financial or regulatory reporting systems.
• Hands-on monitoring and alerting tool experience.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable reporting systems from the backend.
• Own end-to-end reporting infrastructure ensuring accuracy and performance.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

Pandas

Data Transformation

Monitoring Tools

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Airflow

Snowflake

Postgres

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Client:

Selby Jennings

Location:

slough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Software Engineer - Backend Data Reporting | Leading Fintech Unicorn

Our client, a top-tier unicorn in the fin-tech space, is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team and take ownership of designing and developing critical reporting systems for their back-end data platform. This is a high-impact role with broad scope-you'll be responsible for outputs across all global products and play a key part in supporting the growth of new offerings.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a cross-functional environment, developing a strong understanding of business operations and driving collaboration between engineers and stakeholders across various teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain a robust, scalable system for generating business-critical reports from the back-end data platform.
• Own the end-to-end reporting infrastructure that supports all of the company's global products-ensuring accuracy, reliability, and high performance.
• Gain a deep understanding of the business domain to effectively communicate and coordinate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience architecting and building financial, regulatory, or customer reporting systems, or complex data transformation pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Strong track record designing high-availability workflows with strict SLOs (>99%) using orchestration tools like Airflow.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, Pandas, and SQL, with experience working on platforms like Snowflake and Postgres.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously in a distributed team.
• Strong code review and software design skills with a focus on producing clean, maintainable, and reusable code.
• Candidates must be located in a continental US time zone, London, or Poland.