Overview

JOB TITLE: Senior Data Engineer – GCP

SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810

LOCATION: Bristol

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office

About this opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer join our Client Data and Analytics team! You''ll play a pivotal role in crafting and implementing data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) collaborating with multi-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of data products into our new data architecture, driving innovation and optimising data utilisation.

In this role, you’ll help shape and run key parts of our data and knowledge management systems, working alongside experienced colleagues. You’ll spot opportunities to improve IT security processes and suggest practical changes that make a difference.

You’ll deliver tailored products and services that meet customer needs, lead small to medium-sized projects, and evaluate complex solutions to find the best fit for the business. You’ll also manage a specific area of work, guiding others to achieve shared goals.

Collaboration is key—you’ll coordinate across teams to build work schedules that support our long-term plans. You’ll analyse data from various sources to identify trends and their impact, and you’ll support others’ development while investing in your own growth.

As part of our change programme, you’ll identify areas for improvement, lead workstreams, and recommend updates to policies and practices that enhance how we operate.

Responsibilities & What you’ll do

• Craft and implement data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in collaboration with multi-functional teams to integrate data products into the data architecture.
• Shape and run key parts of data and knowledge management systems; identify opportunities to improve IT security processes and implement practical changes.
• Deliver tailored products and services that meet customer needs; lead small to medium-sized projects; evaluate complex solutions to find the best business fit.
• Manage a specific area of work and guide others to achieve shared goals.
• Coordinate across teams to build work schedules aligned with long-term plans; analyse data from various sources to identify trends and impacts.
• Support others’ development and invest in your own growth.
• Identify areas for improvement within the change programme; lead workstreams and recommend policy and practice updates.

Qualifications

• Data Engineering – data ingestion and processing, data storage, data analysis, and data pipeline development
• Teradata expertise
• DevOps – experience with CI/CD practices
• Software Engineering – proficiency in Python and Java/C
• AI Utilisation – such as pair programming and testing
• Quality Engineering and Testing
• Data Warehousing – ideally cloud-based

Experience that would be useful:

• Data Optimisation
• Architecture
• Data Modelling & Design
• Micro Services architecture

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.