Data Engineer

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Are you passionate about building data solutions that drive real impact? We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our Group Data team, where you’ll collaborate with talented professionals to deliver high-quality, compliant, and innovative data solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a dynamic, agile environment and contribute to projects that shape the future of our organisation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with data engineering leads and solution architects to deliver robust technical solutions
• Developing and deploying GDPR-compliant data solutions that meet business needs
• Following agreed standards and release management processes to ensure quality and reduce risk
• Working within an agile Scrum team to deliver timely and effective solutions
• Translating user stories into technical tasks using Jira, ensuring clarity and consistency
• Identifying and resolving issues and risks while driving continuous improvement
• Ensuring alignment with IT controls and attesting to them as part of the SDLC
• Embedding fairness and value for customers across the application estate

Who we’re looking for:

• Holding a relevant degree or equivalent experience in data engineering or a related field
• Demonstrating strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and ETL/ELT processes
• Understanding Snowflake Data Warehouse concepts and dbt core/macros
• Bringing experience with AWS serverless technologies such as Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge
• Applying basic data architecture principles and familiarity with data vault concepts
• Using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and version control with GitHub
• Gathering requirements and documenting complex data solutions effectively
• Delivering change within regulated environments with solid test and release management skills

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.