Lead Database Developer

Saga Group; Sandgate; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Saga in Folkestone is seeking a Lead Database Developer to be the senior technical specialist for Saga’s Customer Hub data solution, responsible for performance, scalability and data quality. You’ll drive best practices and work with delivery teams to ensure the platform meets business goals.

The role is permanent with hybrid work, requiring you to be in the Folkestone office at least once a week to collaborate and share success with the team.

Job description

Lead Database Developer

Lead Database Developer Salary £55,000 to £60,000 depending on experience PermanentFolkestone HybridAs our new Lead Database Developer, you will be the senior technical specialist responsible for improving the performance, scalability, and engineering quality of Saga’s Customer Hub data solution.The Customer Hub is a critical strategic platform sitting at the very heart of Saga with over 10 million customer records and is constantly growing. As we continue to serve more customers and embark on new and exciting partnerships as part of our wider growth strategy, your role in sustaining this high-performing database is crucial to our success. This database supports customer data management, customer matching, partner integrations, data processing, and customer data distribution across Saga's technology landscape. This role helps ensure that data solutions are designed and optimised to support efficient, secure, and scalable customer data capabilities.You’ll act as a technical authority for Customer Hub data engineering and performance optimisation, driving best practice, supporting delivery teams, and ensuring the platform continues to support strategic business initiatives, partner integrations, and customer data quality objectives.We work in a hybrid way at Saga, both at home and in the office. This role requires you to be working from our Folkestone office at least once a week, allowing us to collaborate and share success as a business.