Senior Data Engineer (GCP/Kafka)

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Lloyds Banking Group

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Description

SALARY:

London £78,849-87,610 per annum

LOCATION(S): Bristol or London

HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, involving at least two days per week at our Bristol or London office.

Please note that we will not support visa applications for these roles; candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK without sponsorship.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

A great opportunity for a Data Engineer to work within the Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform, joining cross-functional product engineering teams. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality data capabilities, leveraging engineering expertise, and exploring cloud opportunities.

What you’ll be doing…

• Building reusable data pipelines at scale, working with structured and unstructured data, and feature engineering for machine learning or real-time insights.
• Using industry-leading tools and evaluating new technologies to design scalable real-time data applications.
• Working across the full data lifecycle with platforms like Hadoop, Kafka, GCP, Azure, Teradata, SQL Server.
• Adopting best engineering practices such as TDD, code reviews, and CI/CD for data pipelines.
• Mentoring other engineers to deliver high-quality, data-driven solutions.

ABOUT US

We’re evolving, investing in our people, data, and technology to meet our customers’ changing needs. Join us and be part of our growth journey.

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN

• Coding: Experience in Python, Java, Scala, Go, or SQL in a commercial setting.
• Databases & frameworks: Experience with Kafka, operational data stores, data warehouses, big data technologies, and data lakes. Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases like SQL Server/Oracle and data structures.
• Distributed frameworks: Experience with Spark, Flink, Beam, Hadoop.
• Containerisation: Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes.
• Cloud: Experience with GCP, understanding of cloud storage, networking, and resource provisioning.

It would be great if you had…

• GCP Professional Data Engineer certification.
• Apache Kafka (CCDAK) certification.
• Proficiency across the data lifecycle.

WORKING FOR US

We value diversity and inclusion, supporting our colleagues through various initiatives and policies. We welcome applications from under-represented groups and those requiring reasonable adjustments.

Benefits include:

• Up to 15% pension contribution.
• Annual performance bonus.
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Flexible benefits like discounts.
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies.

Join us for a career where you can learn, grow, and make a positive impact. Apply today to find out more.

Our purpose is to help Britain prosper. We focus on making a difference for customers, businesses, and communities, providing opportunities to develop and succeed.

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We are committed to a values-led, inclusive culture where everyone can contribute and thrive.