Senior Data Engineer - FinTech

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Career progression

Bonus

Job summary

Client Server Limited in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own data architecture, build pipelines with Airflow, and enforce governance across the business. The role spans international teams and regulatory considerations, with a focus on scalability and performance.

You'll work three days a week in the London office and have the option to work from home two days, joining a scaling FinTech that handles private equities and alternative investments.

Qualifications

• Strong data engineering background.
• Strong Python coding skills.
• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines.
• Experience with Apache Airflow or similar orchestration.
• Experience with CI/CD and modern software engineering practices.
• Understanding of data architecture, modelling and storage.
• Experience with data governance and data ownership.
• Understanding data residency across geographies.
• Collaborative and pragmatic communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own data architecture and data modelling across the business.
• Build and optimise data pipelines using Airflow.
• Establish data governance, ownership, and residency policies.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders on architecture, storage and usage.
• Improve performance, efficiency, and scalability of data infrastructure.
• Shape future data engineering approaches and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Python

Data engineering

CI/CD

Data governance

Data architecture

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Apache Airflow

Job description

London, Greater London | £100k - £130k per year

Senior Data Engineer (Python Airflow) London / WFH to £130k

Are you a highly technical Data Engineer with FinTech / finance experience looking for an opportunity to progress your career?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands‑on Data Engineer role at a scaling FinTech, the core product is a private equities / alternative investment management platform.

As a Senior Data Engineer you'll take ownership of the data architecture, defining how data is structured, stored, transformed and made accessible across the business. You'll build and optimise data pipelines, primarily using Airflow, while establishing robust data governance frameworks covering data ownership, access policies, residency requirements and standards.

Working across the company's international operations, you'll ensure data is managed appropriately across different regions, taking into account varying regulatory and data residency requirements. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, leading discussions around data ownership, architecture, storage and usage, while identifying opportunities to improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of the existing data infrastructure.

You'll also play a key role in shaping the future of data engineering as the business grows, exploring improved approaches to dataset replication and environment management, alongside modern CI/CD practices to streamline the deployment, maintenance and ongoing development of data engineering processes.

Location / WFH:

You'll join colleagues in the London office three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.

About you:

• You have a strong traditional data engineering background
• You have strong Python coding skills
• You have experience of building and optimising data pipelines
• You have strong experience with Apache Airflow or similar orchestration technologies
• You have experience with CI/CD and modern software engineering practices
• You have a good understanding of data architecture, modelling, transformation and storage
• You have experience with data governance and data ownership
• You have an understanding of data residency and the challenges of managing data across different geographies
• You're collaborative and pragmatic with communication skills

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £130k + bonus
• Impactful role with excellent career progression
• Hybrid working (x3 days in London)