Data Engineer

Nest; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service organization in the UK is seeking a Data Engineer to develop and maintain cloud-based data solutions on Azure. You'll collaborate with stakeholders and integrate workflows across platforms. The role offers a hybrid working model, with presence expected in the London office once or twice a week. This position values diversity and promotes an inclusive culture, ensuring you can contribute to data-driven decision making for millions of members.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Income protection scheme

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and maintaining cloud-based data solutions, particularly on Azure.
• Proficient in building and optimizing data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance, and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver data products.
• Build and optimize data pipelines for business intelligence.
• Integrate end-user workflows across platforms including Azure and AWS.

Skills

Data Engineering

Azure

AWS

Data Pipeline Optimization

Data Quality Management

Job description

Overview

As a Data Engineer, you'll work closely with stakeholders to develop, test, and maintain data products and solutions that align with their requirements. You'll help develop a cloud‑based data and analytics platform on Azure, integrate end‑users' workflows across platforms including AWS, combine data from different sources, and build pipelines to transform and organise raw data for business intelligence, deep‑dive analysis and modelling.

Interviews will be face‑to‑face in the London office. We are open to discussing working patterns and welcome all internal applicants, regardless of your current working pattern or hours. We will aim to accommodate your request and match your current working arrangements. If you feel you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking a few minutes to apply as we are good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver data products that meet business requirements.
• Develop, test, and maintain cloud‑based data solutions on Azure.
• Build and optimise data pipelines that transform raw data for business intelligence, modelling, and analysis.
• Integrate end‑user workflows across platforms, including Azure and AWS.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and security best practices are applied throughout the data lifecycle.

Benefits and Working Arrangements

• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Enhanced auto‑enrolled pension – contributions start at 8% with enhancements based on employee contribution.
• Income protection scheme.
• Hybrid working – office (Canary Wharf, London) and home, with an expectation to attend the office once or twice a week or more as required.
• Flexible working – reduce or vary working hours, reduce or vary days worked, compressed hours, job share.

About Nest

Nest is at the beginning of a transformation to use its data and insight to drive decision making. The Data, Analytics and Customer Insight group leads how we work, putting customers at the heart of our work and ensuring our data is intuitive, high‑quality, and actionable. The group includes Business Intelligence, Customer Insight, Data Management, Partnership Leads, Data Strategy, and Analytics – all working together to create value and help Nest deliver a better retirement for millions of members.

Nest is a public service organisation that manages the government’s automatic enrolment pension programme. With over 8 million members, we combine expert research, responsible investment, and transparent governance to help each member achieve the retirement they want. We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture, aligning with our organisational values and ensuring Nest is fit for the future.