Principal Data Engineer

Lloyds Bank plc; Bristol; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join their Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform. The ideal candidate will have expertise in large-scale data processing systems, a strong knowledge of cloud platforms like GCP, Azure, or AWS, and experience with real-time streaming technologies such as Kafka. This role offers an inclusive environment and a benefits package that adapts to individual lifestyles, as they focus on innovation in finance while delivering exceptional service to customers.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Discounted shopping benefits

Focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and supporting distributed systems.
• Proven experience with automation and CI/CD best practices.
• Strong working experience with operational data stores and data lakes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver top-quality data capabilities within multi-functional engineering teams.
• Design and build large-scale data processing systems in production.
• Amplify your impact by shaping the future of finance.

Skills

Large-scale data processing systems

Good knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS)

Real Time streaming (Kafka)

Core programming concepts

Cloud storage and networking

Education

Certification in GCP (Cloud Architect, Cloud Developer, Professional Data Engineer)

Certification in Apache Kafka (CCDAK)

Tools

Python

SQL

Java

Scala

Go

Spark

Flink

Beam

Hadoop

Job description

Join our Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform as a Principal Data Engineer. You'll work within multi-functional product engineering teams to deliver top-quality data capabilities, demonstrating your engineering expertise and cloud opportunities **What you’ll need:*** large-scale data processing systems in production with a proven track record* Good knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes etc) and experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure or AWS.* Strong experience working with (Real Time streaming), such as Kafka technologies* Clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design, design patterns and core programming concepts.* Good understating of cloud storage, networking, and resource provisioning**And any experience of these would be really useful:*** Certification in GCP “Cloud Architect”, “Cloud Developer”, “Professional Data Engineer”* Certification in Apache Kafka (CCDAK)**Why Lloyds Banking Group:**We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.**About working for us:**Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know**We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:**• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%Extensive industry experience in designing, building and supporting distributed systems and Proven experience and knowledge of automation and CI/CD. Best practice coding/scripting experience developed in a commercial/industry setting (Python, SQL, Java, Scala or Go). Strong working experience with operational data stores, data warehouse, big data technologies and data lakesExperience in using distributed frameworks (Spark, Flink, Beam, Hadoop) • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.