Technology Lead - Data

Aegon UK; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is looking for a Technology Lead - Data in Peterborough. You will oversee cross-functional teams, driving high-quality data solutions with a focus on innovation. Ideal candidates should have experience in data engineering and a solid grasp of AWS and Python. The role includes a competitive salary and various employee benefits like enhanced pension and private medical cover.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

36 days leave annually

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Retail discount vouchers

Qualifications

• Technical background in data engineering, architecture, or DevOps.
• Knowledge of Data Pipelines and Data Platforms.
• Strong influencing skills in cross-functional scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery across teams for high-quality data solutions.
• Align engineers and specialists for successful outcomes.
• Lead technical planning and delivery across multiple initiatives.

Skills

Leadership skills

Data engineering

AWS

Python

PySpark

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Tools

Bitbucket

GitHub

Job description

Technology Lead - Data

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh, Witham or Peterborough (We believe in the power of in‑person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)

Salary: £51,920 – £77,880 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: 8th December 2025

People are living longer, and we’re excited by the opportunities this brings to help people live their best lives. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it – however grand or humble their ambitions.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

Technology is at the heart of what we do. We’re on an exciting journey to modernise how we work – upgrading our systems, boosting our data and engineering capabilities and driving innovation. That means combining cutting‑edge digital and cloud solutions with our platforms.

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for a Technology Lead to join our Data team. As a Technology Lead, you’ll drive delivery across established teams, ensuring they build and run high‑quality data solutions that meets customer and business needs. You’ll shape how information flows through our teams, improve processes and guide technical decisions to enable better outcomes.

In this role, you would be working technologies including Data Pipelines, Data Platforms, AWS, Python and PySpark. This role often spans multiple teams, requiring strong leadership and influencing skills to align delivery across a complex environment.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Bringing together cross‑functional teams – aligning engineers, analysts, architects, and other specialists to deliver high‑quality solutions. Your leadership will ensure collaboration, technical excellence and a shared focus on outcomes.
• Lead technical planning, estimation and delivery across multiple initiatives.
• Contribute to hands‑on development, architecture and automation where needed.
• Own service quality – ensuring performance, resilience, and tech debt reduction.
• Manage defects and issues to maintain system stability and reliability.
• Oversee work intake, backlog prioritisation and delivery flow.
• Monitor development costs and drive technical efficiency (e.g. cloud spend).
• Ensure governance and performance tracking through metrics and controls.
• Enable high‑performing teams by embedding agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and SRE practices.
• Foster collaboration, continuous improvement, and a strong engineering culture.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• A technical background in roles such as data engineering, architecture, DevOps, automation, or technical business analysis.
• A knowledge of how Data Pipelines, Data Platforms, AWS, Python and PySpark operate.
• Strong influencing skills to lead cross‑functional teams without direct line management
• Strong understanding of the engineering lifecycle – branching, code reviews, release governance, and change control.
• Experience with build automation, deployment techniques, and production practices like observability and monitoring.
• Deep technical knowledge and ability to lead meaningful conversations across engineering and architecture.
• Proven track record delivering complex projects using modern tech stacks and cloud data platforms.
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices including Agile, cloud platforms, automation, CI/CD, and tooling like Bitbucket or GitHub.
• Experience building strong relationships across senior stakeholders, product and delivery teams.
• You thrive in ambiguity, bringing a mindset of continuous improvement and adaptability.

What’s in it for you?

• We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us).
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance.
• 36 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro‑rated for part‑time).

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.

Make an Impact! If you're passionate about making a difference and want to work in a place where your contributions are valued, apply now. Let's create something amazing together!

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.