Data Engineer (Spark/ Kubernetes) (Financial Services) in City of London
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Job Description
Your new company \nWorking for a renowned financial services organisation \n\nYour new role \nWe are seeking a Data Engineer to support the replacement of a legacy ETL tool with a modern Apache Spark based data platform. This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on building and supporting Spark jobs, with an emphasis on performance, reliability, and scalability.\n\nThe role is focused on building nonperformance Apache Spark jobs, with a strong emphasis on performance optimisation. You shall be running Spark workloads in containerised environments using Kubernetes and programming skillset in Python/ Scala or Java is also a required skillset.\n\nThe role sits within a small Agile delivery team of four engineers (two onshore and two in Shenzhen), working closely with a Senior Data Engineer.
You will be responsible for development work, sprint delivery, demos, documentation, and stakeholder engagement. This position suits a mid‑level engineer with strong Spark development experience rather than design, infrastructure, or management responsibilities.\n\nWhat you'll need to succeed \n\nStrong hands‑on experience with Apache Spark - Writing and tuning Spark jobs /PySpark development experience.\nStrong experience working in with containerised environments using Kubernetes.\nExperience with programming in Python or Scala\nExposure to Big Data technologies and distributed data processing\nHave some experience using Java/ Java Spring boot for development. \nExperienced in an Ops way of working, not pure development only - you know how to deploy solutions.\nExperience with OpenShift would be highly desirable!\nExperience working in an Agile way of working (Scrum, sprints, demos)\nFinancial services or professional services experience required.\nWhat you'll get in return \nFlexible working options available.\n\nWhat you need to do now\nIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.\n\nHays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
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- Location:
- City Of London
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineer, Data, Financial, Engineering