We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join us in the DataOps team! This team enables the business to derive value from its enterprise data by delivering a modern data platform fit for the challenges ahead. In this role you will lead the project driven work and support as a mentor and coach for the Engineers. You will be highly technical and able to participate in hands-on development when needed.

You will manage a team of Data Engineers responsible for designing, building & implementing a variety of data solutions using modern Extract Transform Load techniques & tools.

Legal and General welcomes applications from individuals who have taken a career break of 18 months or more.  Successful returner applicants will benefit from transition support provided by Women Returners and join a cohort of other returners on the Legal & General Career Returners Programme.

• Ensuring the solutions developed and delivered by you & your Engineering team are fit for purpose. 
• Liaising with the end customers, Architect & Product Owner to translate business goals into compliant specifications that facilitate the delivery of the technical solution & can be used by any engineer.
• Deliveries should be GDPR compliant, meet the business requirements and adhere to Governance and Architecture standards.
• Work within an agile delivery framework as part of a Scrum team, facilitating events and supporting the team break deliveries down into technical bite-sized tasks.
• Peer review solutions and provide support to other members of the team.
• Providing input into team & project planning activities .
• Responsible for maintaining and evolving standards.
• Attending the DataOps forums (standards, modelling and change boards) to achieve continued improvements into our delivery methods, standards and documentation.
• Providing mentorship & support to junior & mid-level data engineers in your team & be a role model to colleagues across the Data Ops function.
• Treating Customers Fairly – Ensure that our application estate has core values embedded around ensuring value is provided fairly to all of our customers.
• Managing the team in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement, so that the team’s business objectives are achieved consistently.

• Professional qualifications in Data Engineering or related specialism
• Someone highly proficient across these domains of data engineering, including ELT/ETL, metadata management, data integration, data management in transit and at rest & data streaming.
• Working knowledge of Kimball modelling techniques to design databases & data warehousing solutions that conform to the standards adopted by Data Ops & shows other how to do this.
• You'll be able to use modern project delivery methodologies to plan, lead & deliver solutions (Agile, Waterfall etc) & manages team resource in partnership with the Product Owners.
• Have a expert & detailed working knowledge of the tools & platforms used by the Engineering Team. Wherescape RED, Snowflake, PowerShell & SQL and introducing Azure Data Factory and dbt this year.
• Demonstrates logical and lateral thinking considering all angles in their decision making and supports others to do this.
• Uses technology to solve business problems & has a proven track record of delivering data engineering solutions alone and as part of a team.
• Has the ability to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in existing services by understanding current market offerings in the data engineering space.
• Has the ability to communicate to all levels of stakeholders to demonstrate complex data engineering issues to non-technical stakeholders & technical colleagues alike.

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.