Lead/ VP AWS Data Engineer

AWS Data Engineer - VP Level

Location: London (Canary Wharf)Salary: £115000 - 120000

A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior AWS Data Engineer to join a greenfield initiative focused on transforming market data access and utilization. This VP-level role offers strategic influence, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration across business units.

Key Responsibilities: Design and maintain scalable data pipelines, warehouses, and lakes using AWS technologies. Implement robust data governance, quality, and security practices. Collaborate with data scientists to deploy machine learning models. Lead or contribute to strategic planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Drive innovation through advanced analytics and research-based problem solving.

To be successful you should have:

• 10 years hands-on experience in AWS data engineering technologies, including Glue, PySpark, Athena, Iceberg, Databricks, Lake Formation, and other standard data engineering tools.
• Previous experience in implementing best practices for data engineering, including data governance, data quality, and data security.
• Proficiency in data processing and analysis using Python and SQL.
• Experience with data governance, data quality, and data security best practices.
• Strong knowledge of market data and its applications.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience with other data engineering tools and technologies.
• Knowledge of machine learning and data science concepts.
• Familiarity with Barclays' data strategy and practices.

Please send me your CV is you meet these requirements and we can then arrange call