Data Engineer

Job Introduction

Data Engineer - Saga

Salary up to £40,000

Full-Time - 35 hours per week

Permanent

Hybrid - London, Kings Cross or Folkestone, Enbrook

Are you a hands-on data specialist passionate about turning data into valuable insights? We're looking for a proactive and collaborative Data Engineer to join our growing team and support the development of our Single Customer View (SCV) platform.

In this role, you’ll use your technical and analytical expertise to gather, structure, and transform data from source systems, making it accessible, trustworthy, and impactful for analytics users across the business. You’ll play a key role in ensuring data quality, building robust pipelines, and supporting our broader data strategy.

This role would be ideal for someone with a background in data analysis who has some hands-on experience in data engineering, who is now looking to deepen their technical skills in a modern, cloud-based data environment. If you’ve worked with SQL, dabbled in Python, and are eager to move further into areas like data pipelines, cloud platforms, and CI/CD, we’d love to support your development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your experience in data engineering, contribute to meaningful business decisions, and help shape the future of data at Saga.

We work in a hybrid way at Saga, both at home and in the office. When you do come into the office, it’ll be with a real purpose in mind – to meet with your team, to work together, and of course to socialise and celebrate too!

Role Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify data sources, usage patterns, and refresh needs, translating business requirements into technical solutions.
2. Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using tools such as Snowflake, Talend, and data lake technologies.
3. Transform and structure raw data for analytics consumption, ensuring it's clean, reliable, and optimised for performance.
4. Ensure data governance and compliance by adhering to InfoSec policies and contributing to data documentation and metadata standards.
5. Troubleshoot, test, and monitor data flows, proactively identifying and resolving issues to maintain platform stability.
6. Contribute to delivery planning and project workstreams, advising on data engineering approaches and dependencies.
7. Support CI/CD processes using tools like Azure DevOps, helping manage releases and streamline development workflows.
8. Promote adoption of the SCV platform, working closely with analytics users and encouraging best practices across the business.
9. Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to automate manual processes and enhance performance.
10. Stay up to date with data trends, sharing knowledge and fostering innovation across the team and wider business.

The Ideal Candidate

Skills & Attributes:

• Strong communication and technical presentation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Proactive, business-focused, and solutions-oriented.
• Comfortable working under pressure and in agile environments.

Experience & Technical Proficiency:

• Strong experience with T-SQL for data querying and manipulation.
• Solid understanding of data engineering concepts such as ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake or similar cloud-based analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with Python and other data-oriented programming languages.
• Experience using MS Azure DevOps or comparable CI/CD toolsets.
• Exposure to Talend or similar data integration/workflow tools.

Package Description

Every day, our colleagues deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. We believe exceptional work deserves even more exceptional rewards, so we have put together an amazing benefits package.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave up to 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Life assurance policy on joining us
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises and holidays!
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Company performance-related annual bonus - Up to 5%
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform

About The Company

Over the past 70 years, we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50. We’re one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, known for high-quality products and exceptional service. Our portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products, and Saga Magazine.

We aim to be the largest and most-trusted brand for older people in the UK. Our focus on delivering exceptional experiences empowers our colleagues to create moments that are personal and special for our customers and each other. Our values underpin our approach and help guide us to deliver our purpose.

We’re committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves, and make a difference – more than anywhere else. We do this by creating a truly inclusive culture, where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignity and respect in an environment free from discrimination and harassment.

Thanks to our people, Saga has been ranked 6th in the UK’s Best Employers 2025 by the Financial Times and Statista. This recognition, based on the voices of 20,000 employees across the UK, is a testament to the great culture we’ve built together. This award belongs to all our colleagues who collectively make Saga a fantastic place to work.

We are champions of age inclusivity and signatories of the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge. We are proud of our multigenerational teams and are a committed Disability Confident employer, ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Your application will be given fair consideration, and you’ll receive personal communication throughout your applicant journey. For more information on our DEI policies, colleague stories, and other opportunities, please visit Jobs and careers with Saga.

Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees, or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.