Data Engineering Manager

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to lead a team within its General Insurance platform in Leeds. The role entails designing and implementing innovative data solutions, mentoring staff, and driving automation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in programming and big data technologies, and will contribute to the strategic direction of engineering delivery while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Benefits

Pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-based bonus

Flexible benefits, including shopping discounts

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience coding/scripting in a commercial environment.
• Strong experience with big-data technologies and data solutions.
• Familiarity with distributed frameworks (e.g., Spark, Hadoop).

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of Data Engineers.
• Contribute to the strategic direction for engineering delivery.
• Implement a culture of continual improvement and operational excellence.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

Kafka

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As a Data Engineer within the 'General Insurance' (GI) platform, you'll be responsible for leading and motivating a multi-disciplinary team of Data Engineers, taking accountability for all delivery and operational activities. You'll be passionate about technology, both current and future trends, and will look for opportunities to bring these into the platform, whilst being a role model for your team and colleagues around you.

Here's how you'll make a difference…

• Contribute to the strategic direction for engineering delivery within our teams.
• Lead a culture of continual improvement.
• Drive an 'automation first' approach across the teams.
• Act as a mentor, coach, and role model to GI platform colleagues, implementing a learning culture and a focus on personal and team development.
• Work collaboratively with other colleagues and teams to achieve shared success.
• Lead ground-breaking initiatives across the platform or broader programme.
• Coding/scripting experience developed in a commercial/industry setting (Python, Java, Scala, or Go, and SQL).
• Strong experience working with Kafka technologies.
• Experience with operational data stores, data warehouses, big-data technologies, and data lakes.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases to build data solutions, such as SQL Server/Oracle, and relational and dimensional data structures.
• Experience in using distributed frameworks (Spark, Flink, Beam, Hadoop).
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and related tools/frameworks.
• Good knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure.

About us

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

What you'll need: Want to do amazing work that makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose: to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues focus on making a difference to customers, businesses, and communities. With us, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of financial services, with many opportunities to learn, grow, and develop.

We keep your data safe. We'll only ask for confidential or sensitive information once you've been invited for an interview or accepted a verbal offer. We'll explain what we need and why, from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group representative.

We're committed to a values-led culture and building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can make a real difference.

About working for us

We ensure inclusivity every day, building an organization that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity. We want our people to feel they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.

We were among the first to set diversity goals in senior roles, create health initiatives, and promote inclusivity. We especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

We're disability confident. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment, please let us know.

Our benefits include:

• A pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus, based on group performance
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Flexible benefits, such as shopping discounts
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies