Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our Data team.

As a leading UK life and pensions mutual insurer with a proud history dating back to 1843, we exist to help people live financially confident lives – protecting their income while they work and maximising it when they stop. Today, over one million members and customers trust us to look after their futures, families and finances.

Joining us means becoming part of a team that puts our members, customers and advisers at the heart of everything we do.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can thrive. We are proud to have built a workplace where our colleagues feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued – reflected in our recognition as one of the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers in 2025 and 2026.
We celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger, so bring your true self and help shape the future of LV=.

You will play a critical role in shaping and implementing enterprise-scale data platforms that support advanced analytics, reporting, and data governance.

This role is offered on a permanent basis with a requirement for regular presence in our Bournemouth office.

Key Responsibilities

•Utilise cloud technologies and programming languages to develop and maintain centralised data platforms that support the business’s operational and strategic needs.

•Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data requirements into actionable requests or build solutions.

•Collaborate with the project manager to coordinate the prioritisation of data requests to meet business needs in the most appropriate and controlled manner.

•Lead the development and improvement of technical data standards and ensure the development of data products are compliant.

•Act as the Data Workstream Lead for change portfolios to provide technical knowledge and design steer to ensure that the proposed solutions fit within our data strategy and design standards.

•Manage and review the work of assigned engineers and offshore partners, mentoring and sharing best practices.

•Ensure all data processes and reports are accurately and appropriately documented and that all data governance and quality processes are followed and continuously improved.

About You

•Strong working knowledge of data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes and programming languages (SQL, Python, PySpark ).

•Experience on Cloud based BI/MI methodology, such as use of Azure, DataBricks , Azure Data Factory and Fabric.

•Proven experience of taking a development lead on work streams within a data centric or technical project.

•Demonstrated ability to apply tools and processes for data security, quality, and accuracy, while implementing best-practice data management, governance, and quality standards

•Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical data to a non-technical audience

•Ability to work accurately under pressure in fast-paced environments and prioritise tasks to stay responsive to business needs

•Experience of proactively building and maintaining relationships both externally and internally

Desirable

•Previous experience of working in the insurance/financial services sector

Rewards & Benefits

This role is a Band C in the LV= Structure.

At LV= Life and Pensions, you’ll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We’ll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:

•30 days' holiday.

•The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days of holiday.

•An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance.

•Single-cover private medical insurance (with the option for you to upgrade to family cover).

•Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover and dental insurance.

•Competitive pension scheme - LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements).

•Group Life Assurance of four times your basic pay to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase this to 8 x cover).

•Group Income Protection, if you enrol into the pension scheme and reach 5 years of service.

•Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for support when you need it.

•Virtual GP service.

•Shared parental leave.

•Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family.

Please note all salary sacrifice benefits are subject to National Minimum Wage requirements i.e. you are unable to select any benefits that would reduce your base pay below the minimum wage threshold.

Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship for your application to be considered.

We’re proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it’s right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.