Senior Data Developer at Elavon, Inc.

Ireland, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

25 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

26 Apr, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Data pipeline development, Data quality engineering, Collibra, SQL, ETL/ELT, Data governance, Metadata management, Data lineage, Data modeling, Dashboard development, CI/CD, Data observability, Stakeholder management, Technical leadership, Mentoring, Risk services

Industry

Financial Services

Description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other. We actively uphold transparent and fair hiring practices that support individual opportunity, inclusive culture, and career mobility across all levels of our organisation. We offer meaningful opportunities for growth, a culture of inclusion, and a strong commitment to transparency and integrity in everything we do. Job Description The Senior Data Developer is responsible for designing, building, and enhancing data products that enable trusted, high‑quality, and decision‑ready data across the organisation. This role will lead hands‑on development across data pipelines, data quality controls, metadata management, and lineage, ensuring that data assets are discoverable, governed, and fit for purpose. A core part of the role is partnering with Data Governance and business stakeholders to operationalise governance within delivery—leveraging Collibra to define and maintain metadata, policies, ownership, quality rules, and lineage—while delivering scalable data platforms and dashboards that improve how teams make and measure decisions. 1. Accountabilities and Responsibilities Data Platform & Pipeline Development Design, develop, and optimise scalable data pipelines (batch and/or streaming) to ingest, transform, and curate data from multiple internal and external sources. Build and maintain curated datasets and semantic layers that support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases. Apply best practices in modular design, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and operational support. Ensure solutions meet performance, resiliency, and security requirements appropriate to the organisation’s operating model. Data Quality Engineering & Management Define, implement, and manage data quality frameworks and controls (e.g., validation rules, completeness, accuracy, timeliness, uniqueness, and integrity). Develop automated data quality checks and dashboards, including thresholds, alerts, and trend reporting. Partner with Data Owners and Stewards to triage, remediate, and prevent recurring data quality issues via root‑cause analysis. Embed data quality gates into pipelines and release processes, enabling measurable improvements in data trustworthiness. Metadata, Lineage & Governance Enablement (Collibra) Configure and maintain metadata assets within Collibra, including business glossary terms, technical metadata, ownership, classifications, policies, and data quality rules. Establish and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage across platforms and products, ensuring transparency from source to consumption. Collaborate with Data Governance to align development practices with standards for metadata, data cataloguing, access controls, and retention. Support audits and governance reporting by ensuring documentation and metadata are complete, accurate, and consistently maintained. Analytics & Decision Enablement (Dashboards / Data Products) Build data products that support decision‑making, such as operational dashboards, management reporting datasets, and self‑service analytics assets. Partner with stakeholders to translate business questions into measurable metrics, ensuring consistent definitions and governed KPI logic. Improve usability and adoption of analytics outputs by enabling discoverability through cataloguing and clear documentation. Support controlled access to data products, ensuring compliance with security, privacy, and data handling requirements. Stakeholder & Delivery Collaboration Work closely with the Head of Data, analysts, engineers, architects, governance teams, and business stakeholders to define priorities and delivery roadmaps. Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other developers, promoting best practices and consistent engineering standards. Contribute to delivery planning, estimation, and dependency management across multiple initiatives. Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues across pipelines, platform components, and data governance tooling. 2. Experience and Key Competencies: Knowledge & Experience: 10 plus years of technology or risk services experience 10 plus years of management experience BA/MBA in IT or relevant experience Strong experience designing and developing data pipelines and data models (dimensional and/or domain‑oriented). Proven ability to engineer data quality checks and remediation workflows at scale. Strong SQL skills and experience with modern ETL/ELT patterns and orchestration tools. Experience building analytics-ready datasets and supporting dashboards/BI consumption (tooling dependent on your stack). Experience using AI tools and agents to improve efficiency and quality across data management and governance is desirable. Collibra / Governance Capabilities Demonstrable experience using Collibra for one or more of the following: metadata management and cataloguing business glossary management data ownership/stewardship workflows data quality rule definition and reporting integration lineage capture and operationalisation Strong understanding of metadata standards and data governance concepts (ownership, stewardship, critical data elements, and controls). Data Lineage & Observability Experience implementing or integrating lineage across pipelines and tools, including source‑to‑target mapping and transformation traceability. Understanding of data observability/monitoring concepts (pipeline health, freshness, anomaly detection, and incident response). Soft Skills Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate business needs into data products and quality controls. Excellent written documentation skills, with a commitment to clarity and maintainability. Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments, managing multiple priorities with minimal oversight Personal Attributes Highly organised, proactive, and detail‑oriented, with the ability to operate at pace. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities. Resilient, calm under pressure, and confident acting as an extension of the CIO. Trusted partner with a collaborative, inclusive leadership style. Key Competencies: Communications & Relationships: Excellent communication skills required to manage third party relationships. Ability to use insights and relationships to influence and deliver. The ability to build connections and partnerships within own business area and beyond, through formal and informal channels, utilising considerable tact, diplomacy and people skills. Agility and innovation: Adapt quickly to changing priorities; create new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Collaboration: Build partnerships and promote a culture of teamwork to drive on U.S. Bank. Drive for results: Hold self and others accountable to consistently achieve meaningful results. Ethics and trust: Maintain high ethical standards; gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity. Inclusion: Build a culture of equity and inclusion in which diverse ideas, talent and perspectives are welcomed and encouraged. Customer centricity: Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Commercial Judgement: Strong knowledge of business unit with the ability to understand USBE’s business and deliver the business performance needed to achieve USBE’s purpose and goals. Managing Programs: Proven analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills, with the ability to plan and implement appropriate measures to mitigate the impact of an event affecting USBE’s ability to achieve its objectives. To complete day-to-day activities in a manner which is consistent with legal, regulatory and stakeholder expectations. 3. Conduct Standards & Rules You must act with professionalism and integrity You must act with due skill and diligence You must be open and cooperative with the Central Bank of Ireland and other regulators You must disclose appropriately any information of which the Central Bank of Ireland would reasonably expect notice Location expectations This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. Accessibility We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need adjustments at any stage of the application or hiring process, please contact your recruiter for guidance and support. Total Rewards U.S. Bank is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation practices in line with local regulatory and legal requirements. Our total rewards approach is designed to attract, retain, and support top talent while ensuring equal pay for work of equal value. We offer a market-competitive compensation package that includes: Clearly defined salary ranges aligned with industry benchmarks and internal equity standards. Performance-based incentives for eligible employees (as defined by relevant plan rules), awarded through transparent, objective criteria that recognize both individual and company performance. Inclusive equitable benefits that are accessible to all employees and focused around our 3 main pillars of financial wellbeing, health & wellness). Continuous development opportunities including training, education support, and career progression pathways based on inclusive and transparent criteria. Employee recognition programs that celebrate achievements and milestones for all. We regularly review our compensation and benefits to ensure they remain competitive, inclusive, and responsive to employee needs and market trends. Further details of the compensation package will be provided upon application. We encourage candidates to explore the full value of our offer, including monetary and non-monetary benefits, at Employee benefits and development | U.S. Bank | Elavon. Closing Date Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants. We aim to provide timely updates throughout the process and encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

Responsibilities

The Senior Data Developer designs and builds scalable data pipelines and quality controls to ensure data is trusted and decision-ready. This role also partners with governance teams to operationalize metadata management and lineage using Collibra while delivering analytics-ready data products.