Senior Software/Data Engineering Lead- Global Investment Bank | London, UK

Oxford Knight; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software/Data Engineering Lead to join their dynamic London team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in cloud-based software engineering and data analytics to drive innovative solutions. You'll work alongside a passionate team, tackling diverse challenges and mentoring junior engineers. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of data-driven decision-making in a renowned financial institution. With a focus on professional growth and flexible working arrangements, this role is perfect for those eager to make a significant impact in the tech landscape.

Benefits

Significant salaries

Bonuses

Flexible working

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting cloud-based software frameworks.
• Strong skills in full-stack development, especially Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of cloud-based solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and manage a diverse project portfolio.

Skills

Cloud-based software engineering

AWS services

Data engineering practices

Full-stack development in Python

API and microservice development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software/Data Engineering Lead - Global Investment Bank

Summary
This is one of the world's most renowned financial institutions, going through an exciting period of growth in their London office.

In this role, you will join a highly creative, innovative and passionate team of engineers combining the power of Data Science, AI, ML optimization algorithms and automation to enhance human intelligence and solve business problems at scale. A hands-on, highly critical role, you'll take on a varied project portfolio: from leading efforts to architect and implement robust and modern cloud-based software solutions to building scalable frameworks to address common data challenges to mentoring junior engineers on the team.

The successful Senior Software/Data Engineering Lead will be an excellent creative problem solver, a data enthusiast and passionate about the potential of applied data analytics and intelligence to solve real-world problems.

Skills and Experience Required

• Practical experience of architecting and delivering cloud-based software engineering frameworks
• Experience with AWS services in relation to data analytics & AI/ML technologies
• Deep-level knowledge of cloud-native data technologies, modern data engineering practices, frameworks, etc.
• Excellent full-stack development skills in Python (or similar programming language)
• Strong SDLC mindset, plus API and microservice development
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or Engineering (or related)

Desirable Experience

• Interest in data science, AI and ML disciplines
• Cloud technologies including Kubernetes
• Data mesh framework and implementation

Benefits

• Significant salaries + bonuses + benefits
• Use the latest tools, languages and frameworks
• Excellent career growth and professional development is encouraged
• Flexible working and working from home opportunities (2-4 days WFH a week, role dependent)

Whilst we carefully review all applications, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If you feel you are a good match, drop me an email or give me a call!
Henry Breeze
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