Senior Data Engineer

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Overview

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 + up to 15% bonus per annum

Working Location: Milton Keynes

Closing Date: 11/10/2024

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

As a Senior Data Engineer at NHBC, you'll have the opportunity to shape our data strategy, harnessing the power of Snowflake to drive business-critical insights while mentoring a talented team.

What we offer:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme
• Generous pension scheme, with an employer contribution of up to 10.5%
• Life Assurance (x4 salary)
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discounts platform, including gym discounts
• 24/7 employee assistance programme supporting your mental wellbeing
• 2 days volunteer leave
• Equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents
• Payroll Giving, this allows you to make donations to your chosen charity through monthly pay deductions

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing

• Lead the design and migration of ETL processes to cloud-based data pipelines using Snowflake technologies.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align data solutions with strategic business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring data engineers and elevating team performance.
• Implement advanced Snowflake features for optimising data processing, integration, and storage.
• Utilise DevOps practices and data orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow) to streamline and manage workflows efficiently.

The ideal candidate will have

• Extensive experience in data engineering and data warehousing.
• Proven track record in developing and deploying data pipelines in cloud environments, particularly Snowflake.
• Experience with ETL design and implementation.
• Experience interacting with senior stakeholders and contributing to strategic projects.
• Proficient in data processing patterns, distributed computing, and building applications for batch/real-time analytics.
• Practical knowledge of DevOps practices and containerisation technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of Snowflake, including roles, schema, databases, and performance tuning.

Education and Qualifications

• Relevant certifications in cloud technologies (e.g. AWS Certified Data Analytics, Snowflake certification).

Qualifications

Why you should join us

At NHBC we are proud to be unique. No other organisation in our sector combines the variety of services and scale that we offer. As the market leader, our name is synonymous with new home warranty and insurance. Our people are driven by our core purpose to raise standards in housebuilding and protect homeowners.

We are a modern, lifestyle and family friendly employer who are in a period of rapid growth, investing in technology, data and new ways of working. We need passionate, talented and driven people to join us on this journey.

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly. We don't promise we can offer you exactly what you want, but we are always happy to talk flexible working.

Your future with us

We have lots of fantastic examples across our business of people who are building their career with us. We are huge advocates of internal mobility and work hard to retain our best talent. We offer exceptional personal development and career progression opportunities. If you're ambitious, driven and hard-working you will succeed with us. We'll support you with full training, ongoing development, and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications and professional memberships.

Our inclusive culture

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to bring their true selves to work. We fundamentally believe in the rights of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, free from discrimination. We have active employee networks that support our colleagues and their allies, creating safe spaces for open conversations and the sharing of ideas.

If you need any adjustments or additional support with your application, please let us know at Recruitment@nhbc.co.uk