Vitality, Data Engineer, London, £Competitive + Bonus + Benefits.
Vitality is an award winning, dynamic and vibrant financial services provider, with a ground-breaking vision for the future, where individuals are enabled to succeed and are rewarded and recognised for their contribution to our business.
Our Data Engineer will receive a competitive salary plus benefits including;
- Bonus
- A genuine long-term opportunity to grow and establish a long-term career.
- Our award winning private medical insurance.
- A comprehensive flexible benefits scheme.
- Stakeholder Pension Plan with employer contribution.
- Vitality Partners and Rewards
As our Data Engineer you will be responsible for delivering the underlying data and APIs to support the implementation of innovative machine learning applications. You will enjoy working with rich datasets, cutting edge technology and help shape new data science projects in an innovative company that helps people live healthier lives.
The right candidate will possess a desire to work in fast-paced environment, with the ability to consistently deliver exceptional results on demanding timelines. Travel will be required on a weekly basis between our different Office locations.
Responsibilities as our Data Engineer include:
- Work with Data Scientists to implement robust and trustworthy data to support high-performance algorithms 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 scientists 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.
Skills and experience required of our Data Engineer:
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Systems/Sciences/Maths.
- Proven  experience in business intelligence, data warehousing, data management and data delivery, database and - - ETL technologies.
- experience using languages / tools / databases such as SQL and NoSQL, R, Python, etc.
- Strong technical experience in designing and delivering data in BI warehouse and/or Big Data Lakes, supporting on premise and cloud architecture.
- Microsoft SQL Server technologies
- Hands-on/technical experience with high proficiency on Big Data technology and toolsets.
- experience developing, deploying and maintaining machine learning APIs.
- experience working with data scientists or quantitative / statistical analysts.
- experience working with AWS, Azure or similar.
- Flexibility to travel between our different Office locations.
Desirable
- Prior experience on Big Data appliances like Netezza, Cloudera, Hadoop etc.
- Prior experience in using Agile methodology.
- Understanding of data architecture and modelling.
- Previous insurance or financial services industry experience.
Working for Vitality as a Data Engineer you'll experience an exciting mix of creativity and innovation, within a framework of challenging objectives and a passion for delivering the best.
Our people are chosen for their skills, knowledge, enthusiasm and attitude but above all, their belief that anything can be achieved.
Closing Date: Friday 13th July 2022
If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Data Engineer please click ‘apply’ today.