Senior Data Engineer

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Team – Data and Information Services

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full time hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Proven delivery of scalable data solutions
• Demonstrated expertise in modern data engineering practices
• Established capability in stakeholder engagement and cross-team collaboration

What this role is all about:

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer who’s passionate about using data to make a positive impact. You’ll take ownership of building scalable data pipelines, working independently while collaborating with teams across the business. As a trusted expert, you’ll communicate clearly, support data science delivery, and coach others, while continuously exploring new ways to improve our technology and bring fresh data into the organisation.

Key Actions

• Work closely with our Data Engineering team to deliver reliable, high-quality data that powers strong data flows and predictive models
• Use a range of languages and tools to build and manage robust data pipelines across multiple systems
• Contribute to key decisions that drive a strong, outcome-focused (SWAT) approach
• Explore new opportunities to bring in data and unlock more value from what we already have
• Collaborate with Data Science, Analytics, Architecture and wider tech teams to design, build, test and maintain scalable data environments
• Understand GDPR principles and confidently raise any concerns where needed
• Show genuine curiosity for new technologies and a strong interest in the Vitality business
• Support and mentor fellow Data Engineers to help the team grow
• Listen actively to both technical and business needs, and communicate complex ideas in a clear, accessible way
• Spot potential challenges early and proactively shape solutions that build trust and deliver great outcomes

What do you need to thrive?

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Systems, Sciences or Maths
• 5+ years’ experience across BI, data warehousing, data management and ETL
• Strong experience delivering data solutions in BI warehouses and/or data lakes (on-prem & cloud)
• Hands-on with Big Data tools, data ingestion and streaming
• Experience working with data lakes and visualisation (incl. semantic modelling)
• Strong understanding of data architecture
• Confident stakeholder engagement and cross-team collaboration
• Passion for sharing knowledge and supporting team development

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.