Overview

Our longstanding financial services client is currently hiring a Head of Data Engineering to manage the engineering function and lead the strategy as the business moves from an on-premises SQL environment to cloud. Our client is seeking an individual who has strong experience managing hybrid teams, migrating regulated financial data and a background in large data engineering projects using ETL concepts.

Location & Compensation

Based in Wolverhampton on a hybrid basis. Salary between £120,000 to £130,000 + 40% bonus / LTIP + Car + Benefits.

Role expectations

The chosen candidate must have experience managing/scaling a globally distributed data engineering team, on-premise to cloud data migration experience within a highly regulated environment and led the strategy to build a cloud Data Warehouse, ideally in Azure but AWS would be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing Data Engineering team, setting vision, priorities, and standards.
• Oversee the design, build, and optimisation of data pipelines, ingestion, processing, and storage solutions.
• Embed best practice in governance, documentation, and lifecycle management across the function.
• Collaborate with IT, architecture, and business teams to ensure secure, scalable cloud configurations.
• Champion innovation, exploring new tools, technologies, and methods to enhance capability and efficiency.

Core technical requirements

• Management & Leadership experience of Data Engineering function comprised of SQL and Azure engineers (circa 40) is a must have.
• Demonstrable industry experience of a regulated environment (finance or banking preferred) is a must have.
• Extensive experience in large complex data engineering projects, designing and developing ETL pipelines is a must have.
• Strong experience in data migration techniques from SQL server estate into Azure cloud services is a must have.
• Understanding of data related regulations including BCBS239 / IRB is preferred.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology, Finance, and Management

Industries

• Financial Services, Technology, Information and Media