Data Engineers

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Manchester is seeking experienced Data Engineers to join the MI team. You will contribute to the DWP Data Engineering Strategy for MI products, working with modern cloud environments alongside legacy on‑premises technologies to support analytical reporting and data visualisations.

You will build scalable data pipelines, collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements, maintain technical documentation in Confluence, and support knowledge sharing

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.