Senior Data Engineer

Job Description (Job advert content)

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Infrastructure Consumption Platform (ICP) team and play a key role in delivering scalable, high-quality data solutions across our engineering landscape.

In this role, you will focus on building and optimising data pipelines, engineering reliable datasets, and enabling data-driven decision-making across infrastructure and operational domains. Working closely with the Infrastructure Data Manager and multi-functional teams, you will help shape how data is engineered, governed, and consumed to support critical initiatives, including infrastructure transformation, lifecycle management, and AI-driven analytics.

What You’ll Do

• Engineer data products - develop reusable data models, curated datasets, and reporting layers for analytics and downstream consumption.
• Develop reliable data platforms - implement automation, monitoring, and validation to ensure data integrity and performance.
• Develop and support business applications and workflow automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform.
• Collaborate across engineering and operations - translate business and technical requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Champion data governance - apply guidelines in modelling, lineage, documentation, and quality standards.
• Enable strategic outcomes - support transformation, lifecycle management, and cyber risk initiatives with engineered datasets.
• Drive AI adoption by building AI-ready data foundations that enable predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and intelligent automation and AI/ML use cases.
• Support agile delivery - chip in to sprint planning and iterative delivery.

What You’ll Bring

• 4+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar roles.
• Strong SQL skills for transformation and optimisation.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration solutions.
• Experience working with APIs, data ingestion frameworks, and system integrations.
• Experience developing and supporting business applications and workflow automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Ability to engage with engineers, operations teams, and business users to understand requirements and deliver practical data solutions.
• Proficiency in Python or scripting for automation.
• Understanding of data architecture and pipeline design.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to understand business processes and operational challenges to deliver effective data and automation solutions.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and data warehousing technologies.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Experience with Power BI or semantic models.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure domains.
• Exposure to AI/ML data preparation and supporting AI/ML workflows.

Why Join Us

• Work in a modern data platform team within Infrastructure Platform Engineering.
• Deliver scalable, engineering-led data solutions.
• Enable AI-ready data ecosystems.
• Collaborate in a global, high-impact environment.
• Grow in a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

The Infrastructure Platform Engineering (IPE) organisation is accountable for the engineering, automation, and operational reliability of Group Engineering’s core infrastructure services including on‑premises data centres, compute platforms, storage, private cloud, virtualisation, databases, and middleware technologies. Our mandate is to modernise legacy infrastructure, uplift operational maturity, and deliver Infrastructure‑as‑a‑Service using automation-first engineering principles.

Within IPE, the Infrastructure Consumption Platform (ICP) team provides the foundational data capabilities that enable evidence‑based engineering decisions across the entire infrastructure stack. We maintain authoritative infrastructure datasets, lifecycle intelligence, and analytics used to support planning, refresh cycles, cyber risk management, and large-scale transformation programs.

Career Stage:

Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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