Senior Data Developer

CV-Library
Adderbury, Oxfordshire
11 months ago
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Senior Data Developer - Flexible location 

Bibby Financial Services have an exciting opportunity available for a dynamic Senior Data Developer to join our team, working in any of our UK locations. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £60,000 – £70,000 per annum.

We’ve supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since 1982 and today we support more than 12,000 businesses worldwide. We are proud to help businesses, both big and small to grow and thrive in domestic and international markets.

Why us?

We’re in the business of relationships. We know real value lies in real people, and it takes a motivated mindset and can-do attitude to belong here. It can be fast-paced and full-on, but we can handle it. We’re a collective of “got your back”, we collaborate together, take ownership and deliver for our clients every time. That way, everybody wins. In return, we’re all empowered to get the job done because we’re trusted to get it right. It’s why we were hired in the first place. We want you to make the choices you believe in – we’ll believe in them too.

As our Senior Data Developer, we will reward you and your hard work with:

Company car allowance

Private healthcare for you and your family

Company pension scheme

Wide range of flexible benefits, such as gym membership, technology, or health assessments

Access to an online wellbeing centre

Range of discounts from many businesses

25 days holiday

As our Senior Data Developer, you will operate within an Agile delivery environment, working closely with the Data Product Manager and Data Architect to ensure your team maintains a pipeline of delivery against the Backlog; providing vital insight from our wide-ranging dataset to support executive and operational decision making that will underpin sustained growth of BFS business units domestically and internationally.

You will have an active leadership role in determining and developing the shape of your teams solution delivery against business requirements, as well as helping to inform and input into the wider technical architecture and strategy.

This is very much a hands-on role, where the majority of your time will be spent actively developing solutions, as you are the lead Developer. However, the role includes team management responsibilities for a small team of Data Developers, who you will coach, support and organise to ensure we sustain a predictable

BFS embraces difference, deploying best in class product solutions for its local markets and customer needs. These are woven together with an integrated digital customer and colleague journeys that complement the strong relationships with our customers that they value and we take pride in delivering. This creates the opportunity to work with a wide range of international and domestic product data sets generated by our businesses and their respective application platforms.

Your key duties as our Senior Data Developer will include:

Understanding the business / product strategy and supporting goals with the purpose of ensuring data interpretation aligns

Providing technical leadership on how to break down initiatives into appropriately sized features, epics and stories that balance value and risk. Take a leadership role on setting standards, driving quality and consistency in solution delivery.

Working closely with the Data Architect to collaborate on Design of our data architecture and interpret into a build plan.  

Leading the build and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to support data integration and analytics from a diverse range of data sources, Cloud storage, databases and APIs. 

Delivering large-scale data processing workflows (ingestion, cleansing, transformation, validation, storage) using best practice tools and techniques.  

Collaborating with the BI Product Owner, analysts, and other business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs. 

Optimizing and tuning data processing systems for performance, reliability, and scalability. 

Implementing data quality and validation processes to ensure the accuracy and integrity of data throughout the pipelines. 

What we are looking for in our ideal Senior Data Developer:

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Alternatively, relevant experience in the data engineering field. 

Experience in data engineering or a related field. 

Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Spark, SQL. 

Strong experience with SQL databases. 

Expertise in data pipeline and workflow management tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, ADF). 

Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and related data services. 

There’s no place quite like BFS and we’re proud of that. And it’s all down to you - you make us the people with which every ambitious business loves to work.

If you would like to join us, please click ‘apply’ today to be considered as our Senior Data Developer – we would love to hear from you!

We're absolutely committed to being a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their true potential. Let us know if you need adjustments to support you through any stage of the recruitment process.

Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay. We recognise that some of you may hesitate to apply unless you meet every single requirement. At BFS, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet. Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you.

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