Senior Data Engineer at Bank of England, London, 4 Months, £Contract Rate

The Bank of England is the UK 's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the British people.

The Bank of England is a diverse organisation. Each of its 4,000 people are committed to public service and dedicated to promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.

As a Senior Data Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Refactor legacy applications and data workflows into scalable, maintainable and reusable components aligned with modern engineering standards.
• Design, build and optimise end-to-end data pipelines for reliable ingestion, transformation, processing and delivery of large-scale datasets.
• Modernise existing ETL/ELT processes, improving performance, resilience, scalability and maintainability.
• Develop modular, production-quality code with strong testing, version control and CI/CD practices.
• Integrate applications and data platforms through APIs, databases, cloud services and event-driven architectures.
• Optimise pipeline performance and reliability, identifying bottlenecks, improving data processing efficiency and implementing monitoring.

PLEASE NOTE: SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Essential:

• Advanced R Development & Software Engineering- Expert-level experience developing, maintaining, and refactoring complex R applications, including data transformation pipelines, package development, version control, code optimisation, and production-grade coding practices.
• Testing, Validation & Quality Assurance- Proven ability to design and execute comprehensive testing strategies, including regression testing, reconciliations, and automated validation frameworks, ensuring code changes do not alter established business outputs.
• Data Modelling & Regulatory Reporting Solutions- Experience maintaining and modernising business-critical reporting systems, including refactoring legacy code, redesigning reporting logic to support evolving regulatory requirements, and ensuring continuity of outputs through major system changes.

Desirable:

• Databricks-Experience developing proof-of-concept solutions using Databricks, with an understanding of scalable data engineering and analytics architectures.
• Power BI & Data Visualisation- Experience designing and delivering Power BI dashboards and reports, including data modelling, visualisation best practices, and stakeholder-focused reporting.
• Experience within the insurance industry.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we 're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

Disability Confident 

As a Disability Confident employer, the Bank of England encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant 

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, the Bank of England welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.