Data Engineer
Data Engineer
Exeter, Devon (Hybrid – 2 days per week in office)
About Us
At FDB (First Databank), we create and deliver the world’s most trusted drug knowledge, enabling healthcare professionals to make critical decisions that improve patient safety, efficiency, and outcomes. Our solutions are embedded across hospitals, GP practices, pharmacies, and wider healthcare systems, supporting millions of patients every day.
Our values guide everything we do: Better Together, Clear Expectations, Constantly Curious, and Health at the Heart. If these resonate with you, you’ll feel right at home with us.
The Opportunity
We are now looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
Working within Agile teams and collaborating with a range of experts, you’ll have the chance to utilise your skills and build solutions that genuinely make a difference.
What’s more, with hybrid working, a strong focus on wellbeing, an annual bonus scheme and a comprehensive benefits package, you’ll have the flexibility, recognition and backing to do your best work while continuing to develop your expertise.
So, if you want to be part of building innovative solutions that support millions every day, read on and apply today!
The Role
As a Data Engineer, you will design and develop high-quality data solutions that support innovative software products aimed at improving health and environmental outcomes.
Working within Agile methodologies, you will collaborate closely with the Product Owner and a wide range of technical and subject matter experts to understand customer requirements and shape effective, scalable data components.
You will undertake requirements analysis, solution scoping, specification definition and data analysis, while challenging assumptions and defining appropriate acceptance criteria to mitigate risk.
Through the creation of production code and participation in code reviews, you will apply established design patterns and best practices to ensure performance, data quality, security, robust error handling, monitoring and logging.
Additionally, you will:
- Perform critical assessments to inform solution scoping and risk mitigation
- Support project management activities as required
- Use AI environments to enhance productivity and efficiency
About You
To be considered as a Data Engineer, you will need experience using AI environments and good verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills, as well as experience with the following:
- Databricks and Power BI
- Python and TSQL
- Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
- Analysis and design
- Test Automation and Refactoring
- Unit Testing and mocking
- Agile & Scrum development methodologies
You will also need some experience with Azure / AWS, PowerShell, Data lakes and Zoho Creator / Analytics.
The Benefits
You will be joining a very supportive team where you will have the opportunity to grow and develop new skills. In addition, FDB offers:
- Competitive salary
- 25 working days’ holiday per annum plus statutory holidays
- Flexible option for employees to take additional holiday
- Annual company bonus scheme
- Health and Wellbeing allowance
- HealthShield flexible health cash-back scheme
- Electric Vehicle scheme
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Charity days
- Full flexible working
- Enhanced maternity/paternity schemes
- and many more…!
Other organisations may call this role Software Engineer, Data Module Developer, BI Engineer, Business Intelligence Engineer, Power BI Engineer, Python Developer, Python Programmer, R Developer, Python Engineer, or IT Data Engineer.