Data Engineer

About The Role Team – Group Architecture and Engineering Standards Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full time hours.We are happy to discuss flexible working! Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Expert in building scalable, high-quality data pipelines 
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms 
• The ability to optimise, automate, and deliver reliable data solutions independently

What this role is all about: Join us as a Data Engineer and become a driving force behind high-impact, high-performance data solutions. You’ll take ownership of designing and supercharging data pipelines that keep our business moving, bringing fresh thinking and technical flair to every challenge. Your voice will shape our data design principles, your ideas will spark conversation across engineering forums, and your expertise in analytics and operational processing will help unlock smarter, faster decision-making.Key Actions

• Work with Data Engineering team to implement robust and trustworthy data to support high-performance Kafka streams and predictive models
• Deploy and maintain machine learning models as APIs for use in our live environments
• Employ a variety of languages and tools (e.g. scripting languages) to develop and manage robust data pipelines connecting various systems
• Develop datasets and processes that facilitate data modelling, mining, and production
• Provide clean, usable data to data community and recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality
• Research opportunities for data acquisition and new uses for existing data
• Work collaboratively with the Data Science, Data Architecture, and other IT delivery teams to design, construct, install, test and maintain highly scalable data management systems

What do you need to thrive?

• A degree in IT, Computer Science, Maths or a related discipline, with 3+ years’ experience across BI, data warehousing, data management, ETL and database technologies
• Strong hands-on experience building and optimising data pipelines using Python, SQL, Apache Spark, and Microsoft SSIS
• Proven ability to design, deliver and maintain scalable data solutions across data warehouses and Big Data Lakes, supporting both on-premise and cloud environments
• High proficiency with Google Cloud Platform services, including BigQuery, DataForm, DataProc, Cloud Composer and DataPlex, coupled with a solid understanding of cloud-native engineering best practices

So, what’s in it for you?

• 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

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities! If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w e will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.About The CompanyWe’re incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards. Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait. Diversity & Inclusion At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.Vitality’s approach to sustainability Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.