Forward Deployed Engineer in City of London

Novatus Global is a Series B scale-up RegTech SaaS provider and boutique advisory firm, helping financial institutions manage their most complex regulatory requirements. We combine deep consulting expertise with cutting-edge SaaS solutions, enabling clients to strengthen compliance, enhance resilience, and drive sustainable growth. Our flagship SaaS platform, En:ACT (short for Ensuring Accurate, Complete and Timely reporting), is a market-leading solution for regulatory transaction reporting and reconciliation across global regimes. En:ACT automates reporting, reconciles data across systems, and maps errors directly to regulatory rules, helping firms remediate quickly, reduce risk, and meet regulatory obligations with confidence. Already trusted by more than 45 firms worldwide, the platform is scalable, proven, and designed for both business and technical users. Alongside our SaaS offering, our unique model delivers consulting services across Risk & Compliance (including Transaction Reporting and Operational Resilience), ESG, Strategy, Data, and Operations. We embed ourselves within client teams to deliver both insight and execution, taking ownership of outcomes and driving measurable impact. Since our launch in 2019, we have scaled rapidly, creating space for our people to grow with the business. Backed by North American private equity investment, and partnerships with the London Stock Exchange Group and Snowflake’s global data platform, we are shaping the future of regulatory compliance through innovation in both advisory and technology. Our growth plans do not stop here; we are on the lookout for top-tier talent to join us on our journey and enable our next phase of success.

Job Overview:

As Novatus Global continues to grow and expand, we are looking to add an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer to our onboarding engineering team. This role is critical to the successful implementation of the En:ACT platform for our clients. The successful candidate will work closely with clients, product teams and internal stakeholders to onboard new institutions onto the platform, translate complex data requirements into scalable technical solutions, and ensure high-quality delivery across implementation projects. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex data problems, working directly with clients, and contributing to a fast-growing technology platform within a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical onboarding and implementation projects for new clients adopting the En:ACT platform.
• Design and build data ingestion and transformation pipelines in Python for large-scale financial datasets.
• Improve reliability and performance of the onboarding data pipeline through automation, testing and observability.
• Mentor team members and continuously improve team processes.
• Champion AI tooling adoption across the engineering team, helping establish norms for AI-assisted development.
• Collaborate with business analysts, implementation managers and client technical teams to understand client data and reporting requirements.

Required Experience:

• Strong software engineering fundamentals including OOP, clean code, automated testing, CI/CD and observability.
• Fluent in Python and the Python data ecosystem (e.g. pandas).
• Experience building large and complex data pipelines in regulated or high-integrity environments.
• Solid fundamentals in data modelling, SQL and database design.
• Ability to work effectively with a high degree of autonomy and accountability.
• Comfortable translating regulatory requirements into technical specs with non-engineering stakeholders.

Beneficial Experience:

• Experience working with AWS-based data infrastructure.
• Experience with modern data platforms such as Spark, Databricks or Snowflake.
• FinTech, RegTech, or financial services background.

Perks & Benefits:

• Private Medical Insurance (AXA) – includes mental health, dental, vision, and private GP access.
• Life Insurance (4× salary) with Unum.
• Unum’s Help@Hand: includes medical second opinions, physiotherapy, lifestyle coaching, savings and discounts, and cancer support services for you, your partner, and your child(ren).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity & paternity).
• Professional qualification sponsorship.
• Accelerated career progression based on performance, not tenure.
• Holiday entitlement increases with tenure.
• Flexible hours with core collaboration time.
• Paid volunteering leave.
• Gym & fitness discounts.
• Quarterly socials, and office snacks & drinks.
• Interest-based working groups to collaborate and innovate.

Novatus Global’s Equal Opportunities Statement:

Novatus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made based on business needs, role requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, age, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, socioeconomic background, disability, or any other characteristic protected under the Equality Act 2010. We maintain a workplace culture that is inclusive, respectful, and supportive. Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to ensure fairness and consistency for all candidates. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the application and interview process, and candidates are encouraged to contact Human Resources to discuss any specific requirements. This commitment is embedded in all aspects of our employment practices, including recruitment, compensation, professional development, promotion, and workplace conduct.