Senior Data Engineer - AWS

About this role

<p data-start="51" data-end="173"><strong data-start="51" data-end="79">Senior Data Engineer - AWS </strong><br data-start="79" data-end="82">Location: London (Hybrid) | <strong data-start="110" data-end="127">Practice Area</strong>: Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent</p> <p data-start="175" data-end="252"><strong data-start="175" data-end="252">Engineer future-ready data platforms that power financial transformation.</strong></p> <p data-start="254" data-end="747"><strong data-start="254" data-end="266">The Role</strong><br data-start="266" data-end="269">We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer with AWS to join our growing team of engineering experts driving next-gen transformation for Tier 1 financial services clients. You’ll play a pivotal role in designing, building, and deploying cloud-based data pipelines. Working across greenfield projects and enterprise-scale platforms, your work will directly impact the way data is ingested, transformed, and served at scale across the financial services industry.</p> <p data-start="749" data-end="769"><strong data-start="749" data-end="767">What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul data-start="770" data-end="1261"> <li data-start="770" data-end="875"> <p data-start="772" data-end="875">Design and build end-to-end data pipelines leveraging AWS-native tools and modern data architectures.</p> </li> <li data-start="876" data-end="984"> <p data-start="878" data-end="984">Collaborate with clients to gather requirements, define solutions, and deliver production-grade systems.</p> </li> <li data-start="985" data-end="1075"> <p data-start="987" data-end="1075">Apply AWS Well-Architected Principles to ensure scalability, security, and resilience.</p> </li> <li data-start="1076" data-end="1169"> <p data-start="1078" data-end="1169">Lead in the development of robust, tested, and fault-tolerant data engineering solutions.</p> </li> <li data-start="1170" data-end="1261"> <p data-start="1172" data-end="1261">Support and mentor junior engineers, contributing to knowledge sharing across the team.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="1263" data-end="1291"><strong data-start="1263" data-end="1289">What We’re Looking For</strong></p> <ul> <li data-start="1390" data-end="1461"> <p data-start="1392" data-end="1461">Proficient in one of Python, Scala or Java with strong experience in Big Data technologies such as: Spark, Hadoop etc.</p> </li> <li data-start="1570" data-end="1680">Practical knowledge of building real-time event streaming pipelines (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis).</li> <li>Proficiency in AWS cloud environments.</li> <li data-start="1568" data-end="1680">Proven experience developing modern data architectures including Data Lakehouse and Data Warehousing.</li> <li data-start="1681" data-end="1778"> <p data-start="1683" data-end="1778">A solid understanding of CI/CD practices, DevOps tooling, and data governance including GDPR.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="1780" data-end="1802"><strong data-start="1780" data-end="1800">Bonus Points For</strong></p> <ul data-start="1803" data-end="2240"> <li data-start="1803" data-end="1905"> <p data-start="1805" data-end="1905">Expertise in Data Modelling, schema design, and handling both structured and semi-structured data.</p> </li> <li data-start="1906" data-end="1993"> <p data-start="1908" data-end="1993">Familiarity with distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark, HDFS, Hive, Databricks.</p> </li> <li data-start="1994" data-end="2083"> <p data-start="1996" data-end="2083">Exposure to AWS Lake Formation and automation of ingestion and transformation layers.</p> </li> <li data-start="2084" data-end="2155"> <p data-start="2086" data-end="2155">Background in delivering solutions for highly regulated industries.</p> </li> <li data-start="2156" data-end="2240"> <p data-start="2158" data-end="2240">Passion for mentoring and enabling data engineering best practices across teams.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="2242" data-end="2262"><strong data-start="2242" data-end="2260">Why Join Capco</strong></p> <ul data-start="2263" data-end="2627"> <li data-start="2263" data-end="2341"> <p data-start="2265" data-end="2341">Deliver high-impact technology solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions</p> </li> <li data-start="2342" data-end="2415"> <p data-start="2344" data-end="2415">Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting…