Data Engineer

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Data Engineer to support a key client project, focused on designing, building, and optimising data pipelines within a cloud-based data and analytics environment. The role requires strong data engineering fundamentals, reliable delivery, and the ability to collaborate closely with technical and business teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Engineering & Pipeline Development

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines across batch and streaming workloads.

• Build robust ingestion, transformation, and curation processes aligned with modern data engineering tools and patterns.

• Develop and maintain data models, curated datasets, and integration layers to support analytics and reporting.

• Optimise data processing for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Data Quality, Governance & Security

• Implement data quality checks, validation routines, and automated monitoring.

• Ensure accurate and up‑to‑date data lineage, metadata management, and documentation.

• Apply appropriate security controls, including role‑based access, data masking, and protection of sensitive information.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Work with cloud‑native services for storage, compute, and workflow orchestration.

• Monitor pipelines and platform performance, identifying and resolving issues and bottlenecks.

• Support environment configuration, standardisation, and implementation of best practices.

DevOps, Automation & Observability

• Use CI/CD processes to deploy code, configurations, and data assets across environments.

• Maintain version control, participate in code reviews, and follow release processes.

• Build monitoring, alerting, and logging to support high‑quality operations and rapid issue resolution.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Collaborate with Data Scientists, analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver robust solutions.

• Support requirement gathering, solution design, documentation, and technical handover.

• Contribute to continuous improvement, standardisation, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

Skills Required:

• Strong experience in data engineering and pipeline development.

• Proficiency in SQL, data modelling, and transformation techniques.

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Familiarity with CI/CD, version control (Git), and automation tools.

• Understanding of data quality, governance, and security best practices.

• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

How We Work:  

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.  
  
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire.  

This is a fixed-term position located in London. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks. For this role, a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.  

Expectations regarding hybrid working: As we are a Service Provider and Consulting firm servicing clients, our policy for physically working from the office (which may be the clients' offices or our own offices depending on the client) aligns to what our clients' policies and expectations are and these vary. Most of our clients now require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, and accordingly this is also the minimum expectation that Delta Capita require. 

Who We Are:  

Delta Capita Group (a member of the Prytek Group) is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualized services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.  

Our 3 offerings are:  

• Managed Services  

• Consulting & Solutions  

• Technology  

To know more about Delta Capita and our culture click here: Working at DC - Delta Capita.