Data Scientist Junior jobs in United Kingdom

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Permanent

Hours: 36 hours

Starting Salary: From £33,040 depending on experience, plus annual bonus and benefits

Location: Newcastle (UK)

Office Attendance: Our roles are hybrid, but you should be able to travel to the Newcastle office two days per week for this position.

Closing Date: Friday 7th November 2025

We deal in the personal – from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you’ve worked hard for. And that means we always work with heart. Whether we’re helping our customers or looking after our people, you’ll find there’s a warmth and friendliness to everything we do.

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our Claims Operational Excellence Team at Tesco Insurance Money and Services team.

As a Data Engineer, you’ll build and maintain data flows and data acquisition processes to deliver well‑structured, efficient, and performant data marts to drive business analysis and processes. Reporting to the Senior Data Engineer for direction (in terms of priorities or technical support), you’ll support them through the delivery of projects and work within deadlines, prompt escalation of risks or issues and ensuring that day to day activities are delivered within SLAs.

You’ll liaise with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, delivering end to end data requests and ensuring single version of the truth across the organisation.

• Data Strategy and Analysis: Collecting and analysing data from diverse sources to uncover key themes, assess business impact, and support decision‑making.
• Solution Evaluation and Recommendations: Identifying and assessing complex, expert‑led solutions, advising on process and system design to meet professional and business standards.
• Reporting and Insights: Contributing towards the design of reporting strategies and templates, leading complex report execution, and translating data patterns into actionable insights.
• Stakeholder and Client Engagement: Supporting internal customers and assisting senior colleagues in managing internal client relationships effectively.
• Risk and Issue Management: Monitoring organisational and project risks, escalating deviations, and implementing solutions to address issues, dependencies, and constraints.
• Data Architecture and Management: Overseeing data collection mechanisms, ensuring alignment with architectural standards, and managing key components of the data system.
• Governance and Compliance: Ensuring adherence to data governance policies and FCA regulations, maintaining database integrity, and addressing non‑compliance through appropriate escalation.

• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with non‑technical internal colleagues.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and perform business data modelling to support strategic decisions and solve challenges.
• In‑depth knowledge of programming languages throughout the development lifecycle, such as SQL/Python.
• Experience with managing projects and workflows with technical expertise, ensuring efficiency, timeliness, and quality across planning and execution.
• Ability to independently manage data control, lifecycle, and database administration while guiding others in best practices and system integrity.
• Knowledge of the design and implementation of system / data architectures.
• Experience with regulatory compliance and the development of actionable plans based on business requirements and recommendations.

• Experience with data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric or Databricks.
• Some knowledge of SAS is preferred but not essential.
• Evidence of learning technical skills.
• Insurance or other financial services experience would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of version control and data governance software such as GitHub or Microsoft Purview.
• Experience in the development of dataflows/semantic models feeding into Power BI.
• Any previous usage of Power Apps/Power Automate.

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Virtual GP Service for you and your family 365 days a year.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Benefit from our family‑oriented initiatives, including enhanced maternity leave pay, shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8‑week paid paternity leave.
• A place to get on – take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award‑winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as you Earn share schemes.

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Interviews are expected to be held mid‑November.

Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.

Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

Making Insurance and Money Services more rewarding and offering great value and choice – because we know little wins can make a big difference.

We began life in 1997 and now help more than 2 million customers protect what matters to them.

We want to deliver a helpful service in everything we do and to make life easier for our customers. Our policies are really easy to manage online for our customers, but we know that being able to speak to our customer service staff when you need to is really important. This is why our customer service centres are open seven days a week.

We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals. Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch‑ups, planning meetings and more. If you’re interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Insurance and Money Services looks like, click apply to find out more!