Data Engineer

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

In this role, you will own and develop data orchestration and governance to best practices as well as help with setting direction of technology within the company and be proactive with finding work that serves the business. You’ll also contribute to setting the company’s technology direction and proactively identify opportunities that support business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with investment team and taking ownership of current inhouse applications (React front end) as well as infrastructure that sits behind it (Dagster, Azure, SQL, third party APIs)
• Build new platforms from scratch to speed up processes (this, however, is typically more of a full stack role focus)
• Work closely with technology partners (Macquarie Cloud Services, Systima, Pinnacle Investment)
• Support basic tasks such as working on an excel app that fund managers use daily
• Participate in defining the future of the organisation's technological architecture and journey

• 5+ years’ experience in a data engineering role
• Strong data governance experience
• Confident, hands-on coding ability
• Comfortable acting as a technical authority - advising on approach and best practice and communicating clearly with non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with Azure, SQL, Dagster, Airflow or similar tools acceptable
• Experience with Python scripting, React-based applications, FactSet and third-party web APIs

Desirable:

• Understanding of financial data
• experience with VBA scripting and related tools

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.

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.

Why join us?

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more