Data Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major UK financial institution is seeking a Data Engineer to assist in the design, development, and maintenance of Data Product pipelines. The role involves building data pipelines for analytics and ensuring high-quality solutions for regulatory changes. Candidates should have a passion for software and data engineering, with experience in DBT, SQL, Python, and cloud technologies like GCP. The organization offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous holidays and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Passion for software and data engineering.
• Ability to understand business requirements and create solutions.
• Experience in data engineering and knowledge of agile development practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data processes.
• Build data pipelines for analytics and reporting solutions.
• Work with customers to refine and prioritize backlog items.

Skills

DBT

SQL

Python

Java

SAS

GCP

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Prudential & Analytics (P&A) is on an exciting journey and there is no better time to join us. The investments we are making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects; fresh possibilities have provided new ways for our people to work, learn and thrive. This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a team delivering regulatory and technology change! The Data Engineer will focus on assisting in the design, development, and maintenance of Data Product pipelines, gaining practical experience whilst working under the guidance of senior data engineers. We're seeking curious engineers to work within our feature teams. You will support customers by ensuring the products we deliver are fit for purpose and meet the quality and standards expected. We're looking for someone who wants to further develop their engineering skillset. We'll support you to be able to be able to take on technical challenges and develop your understanding of how data solutions and services are developed, tested and implemented. If this excites you then you would be an asset to our team! We are pioneering the transformation of current processes from our on-premises platforms and have started our journey in deploying solutions on the Google Cloud Platform. This role sits within our platforms Analytics Lab who are looking to create strategic data products and build data and analytics capability. We work using agile delivery practices, so a self-led individual capable of accurately estimating and planning their own work would be valued highly.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain and improve data processes to support regulatory and prudential change with high quality solutions and providing oversight and leadership to help others do the same.
• Building data pipelines for current and future analytics and reporting solutions
• Implement and embody engineering standards, using constructive feedback to create opportunities for learning.
• Work with the Product Owner and customers to understand, refine and prioritise items for the feature team backlog
• Using strong problem solving skills and a combination of technical knowledge, experience and judgement to identify available options and clearly set-out the way forward.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We''re on an exciting transformation journey and there could not be a better time to join us. The investments we''re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive. 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.

• Passion for software and data engineering, adopting the mindset of a curious engineer
• Experience of DBT, SQL, Python, Java, SAS or other open source technologies used for analytics
• Ability to understand business requirements and create business ready solutions
• Show well-developed interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, particularly the ability to convey key business information arising from complex issues to non-technical people
• Cloud understanding, particularly GCP
• Knowledge of Terraform
• Data engineering background and good knowledge of waterfall and agile development practices
• Insights into industry solutions for data management, storage and analytics coupled with experience of financial data, including Credit Risk, capital and impairment processes

Additional information

We keep your data safe. So, we''ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We''ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We''re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we''re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

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. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• 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.