5 lead data engineer jobs found in Edinburgh

About this role Role Overview: We're seeking a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Lead to design, build, and maintain resilient, high-scale systems supporting BlackRock's Private Markets platform. In this hands-on leadership role, you'll apply deep engineering expertise to solve complex challenges, guide a global team, shape technical direction, and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders-ensuring the reliability of mission-critical systems that power private market investment workflows and decision-making. You will drive the adoption of AI-driven solutions to accelerate incident detection and triage, reduce toil, improve forecasting and capacity planning, and strengthen end-to-end observability and resilience. Role Responsibilit ies Take ownership of project priorities, deadlines and deliverables using Agile methodologies, with clear outcomes around reliability automation and AI-enabled operations Understand and refine business and functional...

About this role Role Overview Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, but want to tackle some of the world's most sophisticated problems? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance? At BlackRock, we are looking for a Director of Engineering (Principal Engineer) who loves to innovate and tackle complex problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. With over USD $11 trillion of assets, we have an exceptional responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being. Being an engineering lead at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds; working for one of the most sophisticated financial...

About this role Data Engineer - AWS Native Data Platforms About the Role We are looking for a Data Engineer to join BlackRock's Technology & Operations organization, supporting the design, build, and operation of our Cloud ‑ native data platform that power critical technology, security, and operational use cases across the firm. This role sits within a team responsible for building reliable, secure, and observable data pipelines in a highly regulated environment. You will work closely with technology, operations, and information security partners to deliver data products that enable transparency, automation, and risk ‑ informed decision making at scale. The ideal candidate is an engineer at heart-comfortable working end ‑ to ‑ end across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and governance-who values clean design, strong documentation, and operational excellence. What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain AWS ‑ native data...

About this role At BlackRock, technology is the foundation of our business. As a Associate, Java Back-End Engineer, you'll lead by example - architecting, coding, and mentoring teams to build resilient systems that power our global post-trade operations. You'll design and deliver enterprise-scale software with a focus on reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices. About Post Trade Accounting (PTA) - A major strategic area within Aladdin and one of BlackRock's largest engineering investments. - Responsible for the systems that ensure accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations. - Expanding into data analytics and pipeline initiatives using Snowflake, Redis, and Kafka to manage high-volume, real-time data. - Collaborates closely with Product, Operations, and other Engineering teams to deliver business-critical capabilities. - Agile and collaborative environment that values technical depth, quality, and innovation. Key...

About this role Team Overview The Service Management team provides industry‑standard Incident, Problem and Change Management, alongside infrastructure operational support for Aladdin. We operate using modern engineering practices and tooling, including ServiceNow and AI‑enabled workflows, and measure outcomes through clear operational metrics. Incident Management is responsible for restoring service during production incidents and driving scalable stability improvements across BlackRock and its Aladdin clients. BlackRock operates a 24/7 Major Incident Management function supporting global clients across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and India. This role is based in Edinburgh and is required to cover core European hours between 09:00 and 18:00, Monday to Sunday, with rotational weekend working. Role We are seeking an experienced Incident & Problem Manager (5+ years) with a strong passion for technical troubleshooting and the ability to lead multiple...