EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a global data and artificial intelligence ("AI") company that offers services and solutions to reinvent client business models, drive better outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform businesses, including the world’s leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media and retail, among others. EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
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Role: Data Engineer (DataStage & Oracle | Regulatory / Risk Data Warehouse)
BU/Segment: Banking / Analytics
Location: United Kingdom (Flexible hybrid working requiring travel to Edinburgh twice a month)
Employment Type: Umbrella Contract (Inside IR35) to start ASAP
We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to join a major banking client working on their Risk Data Warehouse (RDW) platform. This role is critical to supporting both ongoing regulatory change initiatives and the stability of production data pipelines underpinning key risk and finance reporting.
You will act as a hands-on technical lead, driving the design and delivery of end-to-end ETL data flows using IBM DataStage and Oracle, ensuring high-quality, controlled, and auditable data pipelines aligned to regulatory standards (including Basel 3.1 and credit risk programmes).
Working closely with engineering teams and risk stakeholders, you will take ownership of data lineage, controls, and regulatory-grade reporting outputs, while also acting as a key escalation point for complex production issues.
As part of your duties, you will be responsible for:
- Lead the design, build, and validation of ETL pipelines supporting the Risk Data Warehouse
- Make and document ETL and data flow design decisions, ensuring traceability and regulatory compliance
- Deliver high-quality data pipelines supporting Basel 3.1, Murex migration, and credit risk reporting
- Define and implement data lineage, controls, and validation frameworks
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across DataStage and Oracle development
- Collaborate with risk, trading, and engineering stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into scalable data solutions
- Act as the primary escalation point for critical RDW incidents, including triage, root cause analysis, and resolution
- Produce production-ready artefacts (monitoring, runbooks, failure handling, support documentation)
- Drive continuous improvement through post-incident reviews and corrective actions
Qualifications and experience we consider to be essential for the role:
- Strong experience as a Senior / Lead Data Engineer within banking or financial services
- Proven background delivering regulatory data solutions (e.g. Basel, credit risk, capital reporting)
- Deep expertise in IBM DataStage and Oracle (PL/SQL, data warehousing)
- Experience working on Risk Data Warehouse or similar enterprise data platforms
- Strong understanding of data lineage, governance, and control frameworks
- Experience integrating risk data flows with trading / risk systems (e.g. Murex or similar)
- Demonstrated ability to operate in hands-on delivery roles, leading engineering teams and solving complex technical challenges
To be considered for this role, you must already be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
Skills Required
- Strong experience as a Senior or Lead Data Engineer within banking or financial services
- Proven experience delivering regulatory data solutions, such as Basel, credit risk, or capital reporting
- Deep expertise in IBM DataStage and Oracle, including PL/SQL and data warehousing
- Experience working on a Risk Data Warehouse or similar enterprise data platform
- Strong understanding of data lineage, governance, and control frameworks
- Experience integrating risk data flows with trading or risk systems, such as Murex
- Ability to work hands-on, lead engineering teams, and solve complex technical challenges
- Already eligible to work in the United Kingdom
What We Do
Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character. Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments. At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations. Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale. Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact. We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition. At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.
