SMDAM - Investment Data Engineer - Vice President
London, LND, GB, EC2M 2AT
SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term
Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we’ll always strive to be better, we’re proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves.
Who we are
United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.
Role Summary
Private Markets department sits at the core of SMDAM UK, creating and managing vehicles that open investor access to European LBO direct lending and private credit.
Embedded in Private Markets department, Data and Analytics team is looking to evolve beyond reporting and automations into a powerhouse of bespoke database architecture and advanced machine learning modelling.
The Investment Data Engineer will:
Drive private credit data infrastructure end‑to‑end: build new backend databases in SQL Server and Azure, integrate access to existing systems across the group, and design clean, intuitive front‑end apps and data‑entry workflows that users want to use.
Build machine‑learning analytics in Azure - extracting insights from text, powering deal‑sourcing tools, and delivering advanced, forward‑looking monitoring across the entire private credit lifecycle.
Shape the firm’s data future by helping to build data‑governance and quality foundations from the ground up, driving self‑serve MI, and leading technical knowledge‑sharing across SMBC Private Markets.
Business Area
SMDAM EU Direct Lending team - 10–15 professionals including dedicated support - anchors the European Private Markets business trading under SMBC Private Markets brand.
With reporting and automation foundations in place, the Data and Analytics team is looking to add its third key member to architect databases and deliver ML models, that directly shape private credit investment decisions.
SMDAM EU Direct Lending works hand‑in‑hand with SMBC’s Specialised Products, Leveraged Finance team to source KDL investments, while our Data and Analytics partners with SMDAM IT and Finance teams, SMBC’s Data and IT teams and external vendors to provide the data and tech backbone, and power the deal flow.
Position Description
Become the engineering lead for private credit data platforms - architecting backend databases in SQL Server and Azure, building ingestion pipelines, and developing front‑end interfaces that power mission‑critical reporting and fundraising.
Own SMBC’s portfolio management data pipeline end‑to‑end - managing regular loads to SMDAM environment, engineering schema fixes with SMBC IT, and expanding backend access from 40+ active private credit deals to 200+ track record deals.
Deliver advanced analytics by building ML‑ready models in Azure, Microsoft Fabric and Alteryx - extracting insights from text, powering deal‑discovery tools, and enabling past‑to‑future deal monitoring across the private credit lifecycle.
Drive the creation of data‑governance processes by giving business users an online channel to log data issues and providing the Data and Analytics team with structured trackers to manage, fix, and monitor those issues end‑to‑end.
Support self‑serve MI by helping deliver training and knowledge‑sharing on data analytics and engineering, while building tools that let business users enter data, run models, generate reports, and trigger core data‑engineering workflows.
Provide ad‑hoc support to Data and Analytics team when needed, helping deliver core reporting and fundraising work items for SMDAM EU Direct Lending team
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Quantitative, computing‑heavy degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science or a similar technical field.
Technical self-starter with strong analytical mindset and ability to drive projects.
Strong programming skills (Python, SQL, C# / .NET, JavaScript).
Experience building high‑quality databases in SQL Server and Azure Data Lake/DataBricks, with engineered back‑end logic and front‑end data‑input and viewing tools.
Experience delivering ML‑engineered models for production data pipelines, including text‑extraction models, deal‑discovery algorithms, and monitoring and forecasting systems.
Some experience in data governance, creating structured data‑issue logs and trackers, and working through fixes to resolution.
Some experience enabling self‑serve MI through user-training and user‑facing tool development.
Knowledge of using such tools as Alteryx, Microsoft Fabric and PowerBI would be desirable.
Knowledge of Leveraged Finance, Private Credit, or Asset Management would be an advantage.
Knowledge of DealCloud is a plus, with willingness to learn on the job
Competencies
What we offer
For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.
As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Competitive paid leave days
- Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance
- Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
- Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
- Ambitious remuneration package
So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!
We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We’ll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.
We are committed to transparent and equitable pay practices. Compensation is determined using objective criteria, including skills, experience, and role responsibilities, and applied consistently throughout our recruitment processes. We do not request candidates' pay history and are committed to preventing unjustified pay disparities.