Senior Analytics Engineer: Financial Markets Data (Hybrid)

Financial Conduct Authority; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory body in the financial sector is looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to design and build data pipelines handling millions of records used for risk and market analysis. The role requires proven data engineering experience in the financial markets, strong SQL and Python skills, and expertise in cloud-based solutions. This position offers competitive salary ranging from £52,400 to £71,000 depending on location and experience, with hybrid working options and strong benefits included.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Hybrid working (up to 60% from home)

Private healthcare

Non-contributory pension of at least 8%

Life assurance

Income protection

Qualifications

• Proven data engineering experience in financial markets.
• Hands-on experience building scalable cloud-based solutions.
• Proficiency with analytics tools and libraries.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data pipelines handling millions of records.
• Produce model-ready inputs for risk and market analysis.
• Develop analytical tools to inform policy making and supervision.

Skills

Data engineering experience

SQL (Redshift)

Python

Cloud-based solutions

Machine learning techniques

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

pandas

PySpark

Job description

A regulatory body in the financial sector is looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to design and build data pipelines handling millions of records used for risk and market analysis. The role requires proven data engineering experience in the financial markets, strong SQL and Python skills, and expertise in cloud-based solutions. This position offers competitive salary ranging from £52,400 to £71,000 depending on location and experience, with hybrid working options and strong benefits included.