Senior Data Engineer – Data & AI Operations Leader (Hybrid)

Women in Data®; Wilmslow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave and holidays

Pension scheme with employer matching

Private medical insurance

Databricks certifications and Data/AI學

Job summary

Royal London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our evolving Data & AI Operations team within the Group Data & AI Office. This role blends hands-on engineering with operational leadership to strengthen data platforms, AI and automation capabilities across the organisation.

You’ll help shape standards, improve services and coach colleagues while delivering across DataOps, AIOps and MLOps. You’ll lead on monitoring, governance of AI solutions, and the implementation of Databricks Genie and

Qualifications

• Strong experience with SQL, Python and PySpark.
• Experience across on-premises and cloud-based data environments.
• Knowledge of SQL Server technologies and CI/CD best practice.
• Experience of service management and incident management.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Set standards and promote best practice across Data & AI Operations.
• Lead continuous improvement, including optimising long-running data pipelines and operational processes.
• Support DataOps, AIOps and MLOps activities across the team.
• Oversee the operational monitoring and governance of AI solutions, including emerging agentic AI capabilities.
• Support the implementation and ongoing optimisation of Databricks Genie and wider AI tooling.
• Lead service and incident management activities and contribute to change impact forums.
• Support sprint planning and workload management in an Agile environment.
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues and associate‑level engineers.

Skills

SQL

Python

PySpark

Data environments (on-prem & cloud)

CI/CD

Service & incident management

Agile delivery

Coaching & mentoring

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

Power Platform

Job description

Royal London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our evolving Data & AI Operations team within the Group Data & AI Office. This role blends hands-on engineering with operational leadership to strengthen data platforms, AI and automation capabilities across the organisation.

You’ll help shape standards, improve services and coach colleagues while delivering across DataOps, AIOps and MLOps. You’ll lead on monitoring, governance of AI solutions, and the implementation of Databricks Genie and