Data Engineer

Nuffield Health; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare charity in the UK is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to enable data-driven decision-making. The role involves implementing data flows, optimizing performance, and creating accessible datasets for analysis. Candidates should have strong SQL skills, experience with Azure Data Factory, and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders. The position offers hybrid working, competitive salary, and a benefits package designed for employee wellbeing, including free gym membership and health assessments.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience with data integration and data modelling.
• Ability to solve data challenges.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement data flows connecting operational systems.
• Document source-to-target mappings for clarity.
• Re-engineer manual data processes for scalability.
• Support development of data streaming systems.
• Write ELT scripts to optimise performance.
• Build reusable business intelligence reports.
• Create accessible data sets for analysis.

Skills

Experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Strong SQL skills

Performance tuning and relational database design

Experience working with product owners and architects

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Snowflake

MS SQL Server

Job description

Data Engineer

Barbican, London | Hybrid Working (One office day a week) | Technology | Fixed Term Contract | Full Time

Competitive salary available, depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

Nuffield Health is the charity that's building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to flagship community programmes – we'll do whatever it takes to look after the UK's wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you.

As a Data Engineer, you'll play a vital role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the organisation. You'll help us connect systems, streamline data flows, and make data accessible for analysis and reporting, ultimately supporting better outcomes for our patients, members, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Implementing data flows to connect operational systems with analytics and BI platforms

• Documenting source-to-target mappings to ensure clarity and consistency

• Re-engineering manual data processes to enable scalability and repeatability

• Supporting the development of data streaming systems

• Writing ELT scripts and code to optimise performance

• Building reusable business intelligence reports

• Creating accessible, well-structured data sets for analysis

• You'll be a skilled and enthusiastic Data Engineer with a strong foundation in integration and data modelling.

• You'll be confident solving data challenges and communicating your ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF)

• Strong SQL skills and experience with cloud database platforms like Azure SQL Database or Snowflake

• Proven ability in performance tuning and relational database design for BI solutions

• Experience working with diverse stakeholders including product owners, architects, and third-party suppliers

Desirable skills

• Experience with on-premise platforms like MS SQL Server

• Knowledge of data migration strategies from on-premise to cloud

• Ability to document and communicate technical design proposals

• Experience with DataOps practices including automated testing and pipeline optimisation

• Understanding of data governance including GDPR, data masking, and securing sensitive datasets

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

Application

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

Apply today… It starts with you.