Team
Data and Information Services
Working Pattern
Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full‑time hours per week.
Flexible Working
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, coach others, and continuously explore new ways to improve our technology and bring fresh data into the organisation.
Key Actions
- Work closely with the 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 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.
Benefits
- 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.
