Senior Data Engineer

Bupa Dental Care UK; Bristol, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday, plus option to buy more

Discounted gym membership

Health Trust employee healthcare plan

Access to remote GP and mental health support

Cycle to work scheme

Earned wages access (Wagestream)

Cycle to work

And many more

Job summary

A dynamic healthcare company is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Bristol or London office. You will lead a data engineering team in developing a modern data platform and support strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates should have strong data engineering experience, knowledge of cloud computing, and the ability to lead and inspire a team. This hybrid position offers competitive benefits including healthcare coverage, generous holidays, and access to employee wellness programs.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer in health or customer-focused business.
• Hands-on experience with cloud computing and end-to-end data pipelines.
• Experience with large-scale batch and near-real-time stream processing.

Responsibilities

• Work with Tech and Data teams to build a seamless data ecosystem.
• Coach and develop the Data Engineering team while managing stakeholders.
• Shape the data engineering practice to support strategic priorities.
• Ensure secure, robust infrastructure and data transformations in Azure.

Skills

Data Engineering

Cloud Computing

Stakeholder Management

Python

SQL

Azure Data Factory

Tools

Snowflake

Azure SQL databases

Power BI

Databricks

Power BI

Python

Databricks

SQL

Job description

Hybrid role based in Bristol or London, with required travel to the office for meetings and team days

The Role

We’re looking for someone passionate about data who’s ready to shape and grow our Data Engineering practice and how we use Data and Analytics at Bupa. As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll report to the Lead Data Engineer and play a key role in driving our data strategy and delivering major initiatives. You’ll lead and inspire the data engineering team, manage our existing ecosystem, and be central to the delivery of our data platform migration, building a modern platform that supports colleagues, patients and partners. Strong technical leadership and people management skills are essential, as growing and developing your team will be critical to our success.

Responsibilities

Collaboration and Relationship – Work with the Bupa Dental Care Tech and Data teams to build a seamless, well‑integrated data ecosystem that meets business needs and quality standards. Communicate openly and professionally, proactively drive strategic discussions, and build strong relationships across Data, Tech and the wider business. Deliver results through effective teamwork and stakeholder connections, while managing data engineers building and supporting modern healthcare data solutions.

Leadership – Combine your technical expertise with strong leadership. Take ownership of decisions and stakeholder engagement, coach and develop the Data Engineering team, champion Agile practices and foster continuous improvement. Prioritise your own development and that of your team, helping create future leaders.

Data Strategy – Shape how our data engineering practice supports Bupa Dental Care’s strategic priorities over the next 3–5 years. Support the Lead Data Engineer in evolving our platform, processes and roadmap, while driving data usage in decision‑making and promoting a data‑driven culture.

Technical Assurance – Ensure technical solutions are fit for purpose and support business and data strategy. Continuously improve platform performance, encourage best practices, maintain Azure‑based infrastructure, implement robust data transformations, automate workflows and uphold security‑first practices to protect sensitive patient information. Drive architectural planning to strengthen data capabilities and overall infrastructure.

Skills/Experience

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer, ideally with Snowflake, driving value from customer/patient data in a health, retail or customer‑focused business.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud computing and developing end‑to‑end data pipelines, including ingestion, cleaning, transformation, monitoring and data quality profiling.
• Experience with large‑scale batch processing and near‑real‑time stream processing.
• Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, Azure Service Bus, Azure SQL databases, Azure Analysis Services, Power BI, SQL, Python, Databricks; GA experience desirable.
• Skilled stakeholder manager, able to influence and engage on the use of data.
• Experience managing remote teams.

The benefits here are industry‑leading, and we’ll be able to tell you more about them in the process (or jump to the benefits and rewards page on our careers site for a flavour). But here’s a snapshot:

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more.
• Discounts in over 7,000 retailers, discounted gym membership and discounted dental insurance (of course).
• Health Trust – our bespoke employee private healthcare plan, providing healthcare cover with no medical underwriting for colleagues and their families.
• Access to remote GP and nurse services, physiotherapy and mental health support.
• MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products.
• Early access to your earned wages through Wagestream.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• And many more, just ask…

If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business, with lots of support on offer, great benefits and friendly teams, we would love to hear from you!

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.