Financial Conduct Authority
Senior Data Engineer (7-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

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Job title: Senior Data Engineer – 7-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Division: Data, Technology and Innovation
Department: Consumer Intelligence & Analytics
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £62,700 and London from £59,200 to £69,000 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory
Your external recruitment contact is Benjamin via benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk
Your internal recruitment contact is Pat via Patrycja.Matachowska@fca.org.uk
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About The FCA And Team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.
The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency.
Sitting within the Digital Intelligence Solutions (DIS) department, the Consumer Intelligence & Analytics (CI&A) develop and maintain online listening tools to surface consumer insights through dashboards and bespoke products.
Role Responsibilities
- Coordinate our sprints as a developer within the Consumer Intelligence Scrum Team, building and maintaining data products using Python, Tableau, and SQL
- Analyse diverse consumer data sources to identify key themes, emerging risks, and early warning signals
- Create the development of impactful Tableau dashboards that translate data into clear, actionable insights
- Collaborate across the FCA to understand stakeholder needs and deliver relevant, high-value consumer intelligence
- Promote data-driven thinking by sharing insights and continuously improving how the team uses data and tools
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Minimum Skills Required
- Established experience using Python for data engineering (automation) and analysis.
- Prior experience using data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau).
- Prior experience analysing quantitative and qualitative data and presenting clear, engaging insights in both written and verbal formats
Essential
- Experience using social listening tools to uncover consumer sentiment and emerging trends
- Demonstrated skills in engaging stakeholders to understand needs, ideate solutions, and support decision-making
- Ability to simplify complex ideas and support practical, sustainable solutions
- Well organized and consistent, with experience meeting commitments and using tools such as JIRA
- Curiosity about consumer behaviour, with attention to patterns, risks, and opportunities in data
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
- Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.


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Our values and culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.
We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
Disability confident: our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
Timeline
- Job advert closing: 29 July at 11:59pm
- CV Review/Shortlist: 31 July
- Interviews: w/c 10 August
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
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