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Newcastle Building Society
Cardiff
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job requisition id JR399
Job Posting Title
Data Engineer

Salary Band
Job Description

About the Role
Join us at an exciting time as we embark on our data transformation journey, helping shape a data-driven future of data here at Newcastle Building Society.

As a Data Engineer, you’ll develop test and deploy large scale data integrations from internal and third party sources, support the maintenance of complex data storage solution and implemented ETL processes to clean and transform complex data sets.

You’ll use data validation and quality assurance processes to ensure data accuracy and ensure data products are built in line with required data governance principles. You’ll deliver reliable and efficient data pipelines, integrations and infrastructure, whilst building data products that solve business problems.

Advocating for Data Management and Governance to help inject a data driven culture across the organisation will be a core element of the role, as will working with the Product Manager, Lead Data Engineer, Data Engineers, Data Architect, Data Analyst, Data SME’s, Project and Business Analysis teams to understand need to ensure products solve business problems.

About You
You’ll have extensive knowledge of cloud platforms and warehousing solutions, preferably Microsoft Azure and Data Bricks, however, we’re also open to applications from candidates with experience from other cloud providers like AWS or GCP.

Strong technical experience with ETL techniques, programming languages and data engineering tools such as SQL, Python, R and Apache is fundamental for the role, as is good knowledge of data integration and data quality management best practices.

You’ll be an experienced agile practitioner, with understanding of methodologies, principles and agile best practice required to deliver at pace. The ability to translate complicated technical concepts to unable understanding with functional domain stakeholders is essential for the role, as is strong analytical skills with the ability to solve complex problems within large datasets.

About Us
The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

The Group provides traditional financial services, helping people own their own home, plan and manage their finances and operate a 32-branch network across the North-East, North-West, Cumbria and Yorkshire. Our Strategic Solutions subsidiary owns the UK’s leading savings management platform and provides managed technology services to new challenger banks and other established providers.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:
Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
Annual performance related pay reviews
Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
Access to our financial advisers
Access to a range of high street and online discounts

Work/Life Balance
A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

Health and Wellbeing
Private medical insurance
Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
Access to an employee assistance programme
Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
Two paid volunteering days’ each year
Cycle to work scheme

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at
Company:
Newcastle Building Society

Job Posting Title
Data Engineer

Salary Band
£42,180 - £54,785
Grade: MP3
Job Description

About the Role
Join us at an exciting time as we embark on our data transformation journey, helping shape a data-driven future of data here at Newcastle Building Society.

As a Data Engineer, you’ll develop test and deploy large scale data integrations from internal and third party sources, support the maintenance of complex data storage solution and implemented ETL processes to clean and transform complex data sets.

You’ll use data validation and quality assurance processes to ensure data accuracy and ensure data products are built in line with required data governance principles. You’ll deliver reliable and efficient data pipelines, integrations and infrastructure, whilst building data products that solve business problems.

Advocating for Data Management and Governance to help inject a data driven culture across the organisation will be a core element of the role, as will working with the Product Manager, Lead Data Engineer, Data Engineers, Data Architect, Data Analyst, Data SME’s, Project and Business Analysis teams to understand need to ensure products solve business problems.

About You
You’ll have extensive knowledge of cloud platforms and warehousing solutions, preferably Microsoft Azure and Data Bricks, however, we’re also open to applications from candidates with experience from other cloud providers like AWS or GCP.

Strong technical experience with ETL techniques, programming languages and data engineering tools such as SQL, Python, R and Apache is fundamental for the role, as is good knowledge of data integration and data quality management best practices.

You’ll be an experienced agile practitioner, with understanding of methodologies, principles and agile best practice required to deliver at pace. The ability to translate complicated technical concepts to unable understanding with functional domain stakeholders is essential for the role, as is strong analytical skills with the ability to solve complex problems within large datasets.

About Us
The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

The Group provides traditional financial services, helping people own their own home, plan and manage their finances and operate a 32-branch network across the North-East, North-West, Cumbria and Yorkshire. Our Strategic Solutions subsidiary owns the UK’s leading savings management platform and provides managed technology services to new challenger banks and other established providers.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:
Financial
Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
Annual performance related pay reviews
Colleague mortgage scheme
Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
Access to our financial advisers
Access to a range of high street and online discounts

Work/Life Balance
A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

Health and Wellbeing
Private medical insurance
Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
Access to an employee assistance programme
Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
Two paid volunteering days’ each year
Cycle to work scheme

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at
Company:
Newcastle Building Society
Why work here?

People are the focus of absolutely everything we do. We believe in people, we care deeply about their hopes, their dreams and their wellbeing. And that applies equally to our customers, our communities and our colleagues – which means you, if you choose to work here. it’s important to us that you know if you join us we will welcome you, respect you, encourage you and help you to achieve your goals.

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