Senior Data Engineer - Data Platform & Pipelines

UK Export Finance; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Export Finance is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Digital, Data and Technology Directorate in Leeds. You will develop and maintain data infrastructure, including ETL pipelines, data warehouses and data lakes, and collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end data services.

The role focuses on data integration, platform management, security, and process improvements to support a growing data capability and better business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience designing data integration and ETL solutions.
• Strong knowledge of data warehousing concepts and data modeling.
• Familiarity with GDPR/compliance and data security practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data integration solutions and ETL processes.
• Manage data platforms, including data warehouses and data lakes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data processing systems to ensure reliability.
• Manage deployment and release of data pipelines and applications.
• Improve data infrastructure and processes for performance and scalability.
• Support data security, integrity and regulatory compliance (GDPR).
• Provide quality assurance and code reviews.
• Contribute to UKEF’s data strategy and roadmap.

Skills

ETL pipelines

Data warehouses

SQL

Python

Data governance

Tools

Databricks

Kafka

Job description

UK Export Finance is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Digital, Data and Technology Directorate in Leeds. You will develop and maintain data infrastructure, including ETL pipelines, data warehouses and data lakes, and collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end data services.

The role focuses on data integration, platform management, security, and process improvements to support a growing data capability and better business outcomes.