Data Engineer

Harrington Starr; United States; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

Contract length: initial 6 months

Job summary

Harrington Starr is seeking an experienced Investment Data Engineer for a high-impact VP-level contract within a Global Private Bank's Private Markets Data & Analytics team. The role focuses on ownership across the data platform, integration, and architecture, with hands-on engineering and strategic influence.

You'll design and optimise SQL Server database architecture, build robust data integration across Private Markets, and guide data from ingestion to consumption while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Strong SQL Server engineering and database architecture experience.
• Deep experience building data platforms and integration solutions.
• Background within banking, asset management, private markets or financial services.
• Ability to operate across architecture and hands-on engineering.
• Track record of building or materially enhancing data capabilities, rather than simply supporting established platforms.
• Confidence dealing directly with senior stakeholders.
• Experience working with complex investment or financial datasets would be particularly valuable.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing SQL Server database architecture.
• Building robust data integration capabilities across the Private Markets environment.
• Developing and enhancing the underlying data platform.
• Taking ownership of complex investment datasets from ingestion through to consumption.
• Improving data structures, quality and accessibility for analytics and business users.
• Working directly with senior investment, data and technology stakeholders.
• Making pragmatic architectural decisions rather than simply working through a delivery backlog.

Skills

SQL Server

Database architecture

Data platforms

Data integration

Stakeholder management

Hands-on engineering

Financial services domain knowledge

Job description

Investment Data Engineer - Private Markets Data Platform (Banking / Investments)

£700-£800 per day Inside IR35 for an initial 6 months. Hybrid working 2 days working from home.

I'm working with Global Private Bank on a senior contract hire within its Private Markets Data & Analytics team.

They are looking for an experienced Investment Data Engineer to take ownership of key elements of their data architecture, integration and platform development environment.

This is a role for someone who can get under the bonnet of a complex investment data landscape, make strong technical decisions and build solutions that can genuinely improve how Private Markets data is structured, integrated and used.

The Role

This is a high-impact, hands-on VP-level engineering contract with significant ownership across the data platform.

You'll be focused on:

• Designing and developing SQL Server database architecture
• Building robust data integration capabilities across the Private Markets environment
• Developing and enhancing the underlying data platform
• Taking ownership of complex investment datasets from ingestion through to consumption
• Improving data structures, quality and accessibility for analytics and business users
• Working directly with senior investment, data and technology stakeholders
• Making pragmatic architectural decisions rather than simply working through a delivery backlog

What We're Looking For

• Strong SQL Server engineering and database architecture experience
• Deep experience building data platforms and integration solutions
• Background within banking, asset management, private markets or financial services
• Ability to operate across architecture and hands-on engineering
• Track record of building or materially enhancing data capabilities, rather than simply supporting established platforms
• Confidence dealing directly with senior stakeholders
• Experience working with complex investment or financial datasets would be particularly valuable

Why This Role

• VP-level contract with genuine technical ownership
• Work at the heart of a Private Markets Data & Analytics function
• Opportunity to influence the architecture rather than just execute against it
• Initial six-month engagement with potential to extend