Data Engineer

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Pearson Full time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our team at Pearson. As a Data Engineer, you will play a key role in the transformation, ingestion, and validation of data from multiple external and internal sources.

Your responsibility will be to design, develop, and maintain complex data pipelines to support various business applications. You will work closely with business SMEs, product owners, architects, and developers to ensure that data is accurately transformed and validated.

You will also be responsible for implementing and maintaining data monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address potential issues. Additionally, you will develop scripts and automation tools to streamline data management tasks.

About the Team

Our team is responsible for providing assessment services to the UK and international assessment markets. We support government education departments with project management, operational delivery, and technical solutions.

We are committed to delivering high-quality, digital-first, accessible, and sustainable resources for lifelong learning. Our team is passionate about creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain complex data pipelines to support various business applications.
  • Work closely with business SMEs, product owners, architects, and developers to ensure that data is accurately transformed and validated.
  • Implement and maintain data monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address potential issues.
  • Develop scripts and automation tools to streamline data management tasks.
  • Familiarity with version control systems for database schema changes.
  • Knowledge of AWS DMS, Lambda, S3, Step Functions, CloudWatch, Redshift, Glue, Event Bridge.
  • Change Data Capture understanding.
  • CI/CD – Pipeline setup and repository knowledge.
  • Automated testing design and setup.
  • Experience with large-scale data environments.
  • Data Warehousing concepts, design, and loading strategies.
  • Experience with Integration/Ingestions of data.

About You

We are looking for someone with a background in complex data transformation projects or project new project initiations. You should be able to work on fast-moving critical projects and contribute to design decisions.

You should have a proven track record in delivering projects and advanced data validation experience. Proficiency in one or more database systems, such as Amazon Aurora MySQL, Microsoft SQL Oracle, DynamoDB, etc., is a must.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days annual leave, private pension plan scheme, life, private medical, and dental care insurance options, stock/share purchase options, maternity, paternity, and family care leave, flexible working policies, employee wellbeing assistance programme, cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, and retail and leisure discounts.


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