Senior Data Engineer (Kriya)

About Allica Bank

Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech.

Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers.

 

Role Description

As a Data Engineer / BI Analyst at Kriya, you'll own the flow of data from our source systems through to the reports and insights the business relies on every day. You'll build and maintain the pipelines that bring data together, model it in Power BI so teams can self-serve, and work directly with stakeholders to turn business questions into datasets and reports they can trust.

This is a broad, hands-on role spanning both data engineering and BI, with a high degree of autonomy. You'll also own key recurring data processes end-to-end and the tooling behind them (Power BI, Synapse Analytics). The role includes building Power BI semantic models and reports, but it is not primarily a business-insights or analyst position. Success means reliable pipelines, trustworthy curated data, maintainable semantic models, safe releases, and effective production support. Insights and analytics are a plus.

A key part of the role is making data accessible through AI — enabling business users to ask questions of our data in natural language, so trusted answers aren't gated behind a report request or a SQL query.

Principal Accountabilities

• Deliver trusted, analysis-ready data. Own the data flow from source systems to the reports the business relies on, so decisions are made on data people can trust.

• Keep the data platform running. Keep extraction, transformation, feeds and scheduled reports flowing reliably - "keep the lights on" for data.

• Support data-driven decisions with BI models, reports, and dashboards.

• Enable business users to self-serve through training and knowledge sharing. Make data available via AI so users can ask questions about data in natural language.

Personal Attributes & Experience

• Fluent in English

• Ability to work UK working hours

• 5+ years of experience as DE/BI

• SQL, Azure Synapse (or Azure Data Factory), PowerBI

• Nice to have: Python, Google Cloud Platform, Looker

• Experience in a regulated industry (financial services, healthcare) where audit trails and data accuracy have compliance implications and some reports are deadline-sensitive.

Working at Allica Bank

At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind:

• Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities

• Options for flexible working

• Regular social activities

• Pension contributions

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• Private health cover

• Life assurance

• Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Don’t tick every box?

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you!

Flexible working

We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate.

Diversity

We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.