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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Post Trade Data Platform - Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Centrica - **Location:** Hayes, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Unity 3d, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Intelligence, Machine Learning, Azure Machine Learning, SQL Databases, Enterprise Data Management, Azure Data Factory, Large Language Models, Apache Spark, Technical Debt, Data Lakes, Data Management, Data Lakehouse, Virtual Agents, Databricks - **Published:** September 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-data-engineer/centrica-chp-job107989908 ## About the Role * Bring a wealth of experience in enterprise data platform engineering, with the confidence to lead platform strategy, technical direction and engineering maturity at scale. * Have proven experience leading large-scale Databricks implementations, with strong hands-on knowledge of Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, Data Lakehouse Architecture and Azure Data Services. * Understand energy, commodities or financial trading environments, especially where pace, volatility, data quality and trading insight are critical to business performance. * Be highly skilled in SQL, with the ability to design, optimise and troubleshoot complex queries, data models and performance issues across enterprise-scale platforms. * Have delivered enterprise data platforms, AI/ML platforms, modern analytics environments and data governance capabilities that are scalable, reliable and built for long-term value. * Know how to implement strong data governance, security, access controls, lineage, auditability, cloud cost management and operational controls across regulated data platforms. * Be able to lead complex platform transformation and modernisation programmes, while engaging senior stakeholders, coaching technical teams and driving better engineering standards, reliability and delivery quality. ## Description * Own the strategic roadmap for the FinTRACE Databricks platform, helping it scale as the core platform for data engineering, analytics, AI and agentic workloads across Finance and Risk Technology. * Set clear engineering standards, platform patterns and best practices so teams can build trusted, reusable and scalable data products with confidence. * Partner with Finance, Risk, Trading and Technology leaders to translate business priorities into practical platform capabilities that make data easier to access, govern and use. * Define and deliver the AI and data intelligence roadmap for FinTRACE, enabling AI, ML, LLM and agentic AI use cases on trusted datasets safely and responsibly. * Lead platform transformation, migration and modernisation activity, reducing technical debt, simplifying the landscape and improving delivery across squads and third-party partners. * Own platform governance, controls and reliability, ensuring FinTRACE meets enterprise security, regulatory and data governance requirements while remaining dependable and future-ready. * Act as the Databricks technical authority, coaching engineers, architects and data specialists while building a high-performance culture focused on innovation, delivery and measurable business value. ## Related Videos - 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