Are you passionate about data engineering? Are you keen to manage data that can materially help teams improve the way they work? You have the opportunity to lead the delivery of the new DevLens initiative, an ambitious data initiative to support Developer Productivity and Engineering Excellence for over 40,000 IT employees. Together with your team you will contribute to building and maintaining innovative data products spanning all engineering activities across UBS IT lines of business.
We’re looking for a passionate Data Engineering Lead to:
• Design, develop, support and improve data pipelines and data products with attention to governance including sourcing, lineage, modelling, security, quality, distribution and efficiency
• Take ownership and drive deliveries within a supportive team environment
• Lead a team of Data Engineers and partner closely with the software engineering team
• Own department data inventory and data products, active participation in data architecture
• Follow engineering best practices, and ensure bank & regulatory compliance across the lifecycle
• Ensure the quality, security, reliability, and compliance of our solutions, promote re-use where possible. Automate testing & deployment where possible and build observability to monitor and resolve production issues
• Analyse and organise raw data and be able to combine multiple datasets of varying quality
• Provide and coordinate team’s data support to internal & external stakeholders
• Be comfortable within a geographically spread, fast-moving Agile team
• Continuously up-skill, learn new technologies and practices, reuse strategic platforms and standards, evaluate options, and make decisions with long-term sustainability in mind

Job Reference #

316911BR

City

London

Job Type

Full Time

Your team

You will be part of the Development Practices & Standards (DP&S) Engineering global team within the Group CTO – Core Platform Engineering area. The team is responsible for delivering DevLens, the new engineering data solution, and to help improve the efficiency of end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle for the Bank. The team has a strong continuous growth & improvement mindset,
at personal, team and department level.
We are a global organization that values diversity, collaboration, engineering & digital culture, and innovation. You will be able to join one or more UBS Certified programs for Engineers or Data Specialists which offers many learning opportunities. This is one of many strategic initiatives to drive engineering excellence.

Your expertise

• 8+ years of experience in designing/developing data engineering and lakehouse-type solutions
• Strong experience Azure Databricks, working with large Data/Delta Lake solution with multi-format data on ADLS Gen2
• Proficient Python & SQL coding experience, in particular developing Spark jobs
• Data modelling experience, ideally creating and maintaining data products
• Experience running a team and leading successful complex project deliveries
• Good understanding of engineering practices and software development lifecycle
• Familiar with Agile development practices
• Experience working in enterprise software engineering environment including Git (Gitlab)
• Adaptable, able to work across teams, functions and applications
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and client-focused
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• You hold a relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• You are an excellent communicator, fluent in English, written and spoken, from making persuasive presentations to technical writing
• Nice to have: knowledge in Kafka data streaming on Azure
• Nice to have: prior ETL experience using industry tool e.g. PowerCenter/Alteryx/SSIS etc.

About us

UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

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Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.

We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Contact Details

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Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.