Senior Data Engineer, FinTRACE Platform (Databricks/AI)

Centrica plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica plc is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Central London to shape and scale FinTRACE, our post-trade data platform. You will drive Databricks adoption, set platform standards, and collaborate with Finance, Risk and Trading to deliver AI-enabled data capabilities.

The role requires deep enterprise data engineering experience, strong SQL and governance skills, and the ability to lead complex modernization programs in a regulated energy trading context. Hybrid work in London 3 days a week.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise data platform engineering.
• Proven Databricks implementations with hands-on delivery.
• Experience in energy/commodities trading environments or similar domains.
• Strong SQL design, query optimization and data modeling skills.
• Experience implementing data governance, security and cost controls.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic roadmap for the FinTRACE Databricks platform to scale for analytics, AI and risk workloads.
• Set engineering standards and reusable platform patterns for data products.
• Collaborate with Finance, Risk, Trading and Technology leaders to translate priorities into platform capabilities.
• Define and deliver AI/data intelligence roadmaps enabling AI/ML/LLM use cases on trusted data.
• Lead platform transformation, reduce technical debt and improve delivery across squads.

Skills

Databricks

SQL expertise

Data governance

Azure

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Spark

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Centrica plc is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Central London to shape and scale FinTRACE, our post-trade data platform. You will drive Databricks adoption, set platform standards, and collaborate with Finance, Risk and Trading to deliver AI-enabled data capabilities.

The role requires deep enterprise data engineering experience, strong SQL and governance skills, and the ability to lead complex modernization programs in a regulated energy trading context. Hybrid work in London 3 days a week.