Data ML Engineer (Wealth & Personal Banking IT, First Direct)

Under the Digital First strategy, WPB UK is moving from a data-rich to data-driven organisation; the Data and Analytics department are central to this transformation. The department delivers data analytics, machine learning (ML) and management information which are used to measure, automate and improve the performance of the business. The department is at the centre of customer intelligence and marketing; using ML to communicate the right message, to the right customer, at the right time. In addition, the department is using ML to automate processes and deliver efficiencies in banking operations.

The Data and ML Engineer is responsible for providing engineering expertise in data, analytics and ML model development; supporting development of ML algorithms and improving analytics and ML pipelines. The Data and ML Engineer also builds and maintains the data model, data catalogue, data lineage and manages data quality for the organization. The Engineer ensures that everything is automated and instrumented, so that the analytics environment is controlled and governed is an efficient and effective way.