Data Engineer

Citigroup, Inc.; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

At Citi Fund Services is undergoing a major transformation effort to transform the way data is integrated, processed and leveraged to drive business value.

As part of this journey we are building scalable containerised solutions that enable real time data processing and seamless integrations across the funds services estate.

We are looking for a talented lead data engineer to help shape the future state and modernise our existing data platforms.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the organisation at the early stages of this data transformation journey which will have a real impact on the future of the funds services business.

The role:

As a data engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing, optimising data integration frameworks to support large-scale data processing.

You will work with the latest in streaming at scale technologies to ensure efficient and reliable data movement across the fund services estate.

This role requires a self-starter mentality with strong technical expertise with the ability to bridge the gap between technical and business teams.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders across technology and product to help shape the overall data strategy and engineer solutions based on that strategy.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop enterprise-scale data pipelines using the latest data streaming technologies
• Optimize delivered solutions through tuning for optimal performance through frequent benchmarking
• Develop containerised solutions capable of running in private or public cloud
• Ensure solution is aligned to ci/cd tooling and standards
• Ensure solution is aligned to observability standards
• Contribute to the journey of modernizing existing data processors move to common and cloud
• Collaborate with cross function domain experts to translate business requirements to scalable data solutions

Key requirements:

• Substantial hands-on experience in software development, with at proven experience in data integration / data pipeline developments.
• Proven experience in Data integration development (Ab Initio, Talend, Apache spark, AWS Glue, SSIS or equivalent) including optimization, tuning and benchmarking
• Proven experience in SQL Oracle, MSSQL and equivalents including optimization, tuning and benchmarking
• Understanding of Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.) as significant plus.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and experience working in Agile teams.
• Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premises or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, Jenkins, etc.)
• Demonstrable expertise in financial services considered a plus.
• Self-starter with the ability to drive projects independently and deliver results in a fast paced environment

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time