Data Engineer (regulatory and compliance reporting data platform)

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to take ownership of our regulatory and compliance reporting data platform. This role is critical in ensuring that regulatory reports are continuously supplied with accurate, complete and timely data. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing reporting pipelines while also supporting a strategic migration towards our Uniform Data Lake architecture. This requires a strong combination of operational excellence, stakeholder management and data engineering expertise within a complex reporting environment.

In addition to supporting the current reporting landscape, you will contribute to the ongoing development of the Uniform Data Lake and help bridge the gap between legacy reporting processes and the future-state data platform.

What Success Looks Like: compliance and regulatory reports receive accurate, complete and timely data; reporting pipelines are stable, well-monitored and resilient; data quality issues are identified and resolved proactively; the migration towards the Uniform Data Lake progresses smoothly and with minimal business disruption; reporting and data platform stakeholders trust the quality and reliability of the underlying data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities: Reporting Pipeline Ownership – operate, monitor and maintain existing compliance reporting pipelines and ETL processes; ensure the delivery of high-quality and reliable data to regulatory and compliance reports; investigate and resolve data quality issues, failures and operational incidents; implement improvements to increase robustness, scalability and maintainability. Stakeholder Management – act as a key contact for reporting stakeholders and report owners; understand changing reporting requirements and translate them into technical solutions; proactively communicate issues, risks and improvement opportunities; ensure reporting consumers receive timely support and issue resolution.

Uniform Data Lake Migration – contribute to the migration of compliance reporting workloads towards the Uniform Data Lake; quickly understand the existing reporting architecture and identify migration requirements; translate business and reporting requirements into future-state data products and pipelines; support migration planning, implementation and testing activities. Data Platform Engineering – contribute to the ongoing build and enhancement of the Uniform Data Lake; collaborate with architects, data engineers and business stakeholders to establish sustainable solutions; apply best practices in data engineering, monitoring, automation and data governance; promote data quality and operational excellence across all reporting processes.

Requirements: Technical Skills – proven experience as a Data Engineer in a complex reporting or regulatory reporting environment; strong experience with AWS-based data engineering solutions; extensive experience designing, maintaining and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines; strong understanding of data quality controls, reconciliation processes and monitoring; experience supporting production-critical data platforms; ability to analyse existing systems and translate them into future-state architectures.

Domain Knowledge – experience within banking or financial services; strong understanding of payments, transaction systems, card processing, ledgers and accounting flows, core banking platforms. Personal Profile – strong ownership mindset with a focus on reliability and operational excellence; comfortable managing production workloads and responding to incidents when required; analytical thinker who can quickly understand complex data landscapes; excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to balance short-term operational priorities with long-term platform improvements.