Data Engineers

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Lancashire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking experienced Data Engineers for its Management Information (MI) team. You will help develop the DWP Data Engineering Strategy for MI products and services, enabling strategic MI reporting and data visualisations in cloud and on-prem environments.

You will build scalable data pipelines, collaborate with stakeholders nationwide, and maintain technical documentation in Confluence.

Qualifications

• Experience as a data engineer focused on analytics and MI reporting.
• Ability to build scalable data pipelines for analytical use.
• Comfort working with cloud environments and legacy on-premises tech.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders to gather requirements and clarify needs.
• Ability to review code and maintain quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable data engineering solutions powering analytical reporting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across DWP to translate requirements into back-end data processes.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and collaborate in Confluence.
• Work with junior data engineers to share knowledge and provide guidance.
• Review code from peers to ensure quality and adherence to coding standards.

Skills

Data engineering

Stakeholder collaboration

Code review

Documentation (Confluence)

Tools

Confluence

Job description

DWP's Digital Group is looking for experienced Data Engineers to fill post in Management Information (MI) team. The MI team provides strategic capabilities for MI reporting and data visualisations across DWP. Working with modern cloud environments alongside legacy on-premises technologies, you'll play a key role in developing the DWP Data Engineering Strategy for MI products and services. Successful candidates will join a fast-paced environment with a wide portfolio of products for analytical use and a challenging delivery roadmap. You'll focus on a variety of tasks, supporting platform live service and delivering high quality, data transformation products.

• Building and maintain scalable data engineering solutions that power analytical reporting, working in line with DWP's engineering standards.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across DWP to gather and clarify requirements where needed and translate them into scalable back-end data processes that support MI reporting needs.
• Maintaining comprehensive technical documentation and collaborative workspaces in Confluence to improve transparency, knowledge sharing, and onboarding.
• Working closely with other junior data engineers to provide guidance, share technical expertise, and actively support ongoing knowledge sharing.
• Reviewing code developed by fellow engineers to ensure quality, maintainability, and adherence to DWP coding standards.