Lead Engineer E4 - Finance Lakehouse

Join us as an E4 Lead Engineer - Finance Lakehouse and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of finance technology at Nationwide Building Society. As part of our Finance and Treasury Value Stream, you'll be at the heart of designing and delivering technology solutions that enable our Finance function to operate efficiently, accurately, and with agility.

The E4 Lead Engineer for Finance Federated Engineering will provide strategic, technical and people leadership for Nationwide's Finance Data Lakehouse capability, a critical component of the Finance Data Modernisation programme. The role is accountable for the engineering delivery, operation and continual evolution of the Finance Data Lakehouse platform, ensuring it delivers secure, scalable and resilient data products that support financial reporting, regulatory reporting, analytics and AI-driven decision making.

As the senior engineering leader for the platform, the role combines deep technical expertise with organisational leadership, overseeing a multidisciplinary team of permanent engineers and strategic suppliers. The role will establish engineering standards, drive adoption of modern engineering practices, and ensure solutions are delivered in accordance with architecture principles, security requirements and regulatory controls.

At Nationwide, we value diversity, innovation, and collaboration. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where your ideas can make a real difference. If you're passionate about technology and want to help shape the future of finance for one of the UK's largest building societies, this is your chance to make an impact.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London office.