Hybrid Senior Data Engineer: Build Trusted Data Platforms

NHS Supply Chain; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Annual bonus

Long service awards

Colleague recognition awards

27 days holiday

Well-being leave

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Volunteer days

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Supply Chain in Nottingham is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Products & Platforms team. This hybrid role expects two days on site weekly, offering a permanent contract and a starting salary of £56,476 with potential to £66,443 over three years.

You will lead complex data pipelines, mentor engineers, and help shape data solutions across the organisation while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure data products.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and delivering end‑to‑end data engineering solutions.
• Strong Databricks experience with advanced SQL and Python.
• Strong experience with cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT and data modelling.
• Experience designing scalable, resilient and maintainable data solutions.
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance and security.
• Experience with modern software engineering and DevOps practices.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and influence design and architectural decisions.
• Strong problem‑solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex data pipelines, models and analytics‑ready data products.
• Develop scalable solutions using SQL, Python and modern cloud data technologies.
• Provide technical leadership and make key design decisions across data solutions.
• Define and champion engineering standards, reusable patterns and best practice.
• Ensure data quality, security, governance and performance are built into solutions.
• Work with stakeholders to turn complex business needs into effective technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and reuse data capabilities across the organisation.
• Drive effective engineering practices including automated testing, release and monitoring.
• Solve complex data and technical challenges, providing guidance and assurance to others.
• Mentor and coach engineers, helping build capability across the wider team.
• Help shape the future direction and roadmap of our data platform.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Python

Cloud data platforms

ETL/ELT

Data modelling

Data quality

Governance

Security

DevOps practices

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Databricks

Cloud data platforms

Job description

NHS Supply Chain in Nottingham is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Products & Platforms team. This hybrid role expects two days on site weekly, offering a permanent contract and a starting salary of £56,476 with potential to £66,443 over three years.

You will lead complex data pipelines, mentor engineers, and help shape data solutions across the organisation while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure data products.