Senior Data Engineer II

LexisNexis; Faringdon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading information solutions provider is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Faringdon, UK. In this role, you will design and build complex data systems, mentor other engineers, and lead technical discussions. A strong background in SQL Server and cloud-based Data Lakes is essential, while familiarity with AI/ML workloads will be beneficial. The company offers comprehensive benefits and promotes a healthy work/life balance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and private medical benefits

Wellbeing programs

Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

Employee discounts scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience with SQL Server and cloud-based Data Lakes (Azure and/or AWS).
• Proven background in modern Data Engineering, including building production-grade pipelines.
• Deep knowledge of large-scale data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
• Hands-on experience with Spark.
• Familiarity with LLM or GenAI initiatives is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior, hands-on Data Engineer across our data platforms.
• Develop and maintain data infrastructure supporting real-time and batch data processing.
• Mentor and coach other data engineers.
• Lead technical design discussions.
• Build and operate data ingestion and feature engineering data pipelines.

Skills

SQL Server

Cloud-based Data Lakes

Data Engineering

ML workloads

Spark

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure Synapse

Redshift

Elasticsearch

Job description

Are you an experienced Data Engineer with a ‘can do’ attitude and enthusiasm that inspires others?

Do you enjoy being part of a team that works with a diverse range of technology?

About our Team

At LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions, our mission is to bring clarity to innovation by delivering better outcomes to the innovation community. Each and every day, the work our team does supports the development of new technologies and processes that ultimately advance humanity. Helping our customers reach their goals is our primary focus. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations and ultimately achieve superior results. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavors to better humankind.

About the Role

As a Senior Data Engineer at LexisNexis Intellectual Property (LNIP), you will play a key technical leadership role in designing, building, and evolving complex data systems that support both traditional analytics and emerging AI capabilities. You will help shape the architecture and standards that underpin mission‑critical products, including data pipelines that enable machine learning, LLM‑powered features, and AI experimentation at scale. This role is critical in ensuring the integrity, security, observability, scalability, and long‑term sustainability of business‑critical data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior, hands‑on Data Engineer across our data platforms, including ML and GenAI workloads.
• Develop and maintain data infrastructure supporting real‑time and batch data processing in streaming and event‑driven architectures.
• Mentor, coach and support other data engineers, contributing to knowledge sharing, technical growth, and engineering excellence.
• Lead and participate in technical design discussions, contributing to architectural improvements and long‑term data strategy.
• Stay current with emerging trends in data engineering, MLOps, and generative AI, and help assess their applicability within LNIP. Partner with data scientists, AI engineers, and product teams to deliver production‑ready AI use cases.
• Build and operate data ingestion and feature engineering data pipelines using Data Lakehouse patterns.
• Support MLOps workflows including training, inference, and experiment‑related data pipelines.
• Uphold engineering best practices through code reviews, testing, and CI/CD.
• Design and support APIs and data services with strong data lineage and observability.
• Apply DataOps principles to improve reliability, performance, and automation.

Requirements

• Strong experience with SQL Server and cloud‑based Data Lakes (Azure and/or AWS).
• Proven background in modern Data Engineering, including building production‑grade pipelines.
• Deep knowledge of large‑scale data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
• Familiarity with cloud‑native tools including Azure Synapse and Redshift.
• Experience building data pipelines that support AI/ML workloads.
• Understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile software development methodologies.
• Hands‑on experience with Spark.
• Experience working with test‑driven development (TDD) approaches.
• Having experience with LLM or GenAI initiatives—such as data for embeddings, working with vector databases, or implementing retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG)—would be a bonus.
• It would also be advantageous to have familiarity with technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, Databricks, Delta Lake, and Delta Share.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long‑term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision‑making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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