Senior Data Engineer - #1797123

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Data Engineer to work for our client within the banking sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Leeds.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is team-orientated, is a strong communicator and can combine technical rigor with collaboration, adaptability, and a strong sense of ownership.

Responsibilities:

• Optimising and improving existing models to improve the speed and quality of insight for execution teams.
• Coaching and mentoring the engineers to uplift overall capability and build skills for the future.
• Building relationships across the bank and being comfortable working in an agile environment to deliver customer driven solutions and high-quality software.
• Working with the Product Owner to analyse and evaluate the feasibility of complex proposals to identify solutions that best meet business needs.
• Keeping abreast of key technical developments and innovations within the industry and encouraging other engineers to do the same.
• Reviewing design proposals, acceptance criteria and processes, and recommend improvements.
• Participation in the agile process to produce more rapid delivery, supporting projects and programmes across the organisation.
• Mentoring and development of more junior engineers, providing clear and constructive feedback and building opportunities for learning and growth.

About You

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of credit risk modelling.
• Strong experience in using Python for data processing across multiple libraries – Pandas, Polars, PySpark.
• Strong experience in the use of SQL for analytics and coding.
• Experience in use of MERIT (Model Execution Reporting and Insight Tool) as a model developer, including translation work to migrate models onto platform and production deployments.
• Good understanding of design and build activities across the lifecycle - unit testing, system testing and integration testing.
• Experience in development & testing production - level Python code for data processing.
• Testing experience (manual or automated) including writing test scripts, performing code reviews and production / review of user documentation.
• Strong knowledge of Github, CI/CD and version control.
• Experience with Software Engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence etc.
• Experience of resolution of live production incidents.

About Us

Why join us?

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.