Lead Data Engineer

Data Engineering Lead Do you love solving complex data challenges and leading teams to deliver meaningful change? This is a great job for someone who’s ready to step into a leadership role or already leading and looking to make a bigger impact. If you’re passionate about engineering excellence, automation, and GenAI—and want to help shape how Aviva connects with its customers—we’d love to hear from you. A bit about the job: This role sits within the Single View of Customer (SVOC) platform team, part of Aviva’s Customer Data Platforms (CDP). The team builds and manages unified customer data products that support analytics, marketing, servicing, and operations. As Lead Snowflake Engineer, you’ll drive engineering delivery and continuous improvement across the platform. You’ll help us transform how we engage with our customers—enhancing contact ability, personalisation, and overall experience. You’ll also play a key role in building internal capability in Snowflake and DBT, helping us reduce reliance on external consultants and unlock future strategic projects. Skills and experience we’re looking for: Strong data analysis and low‑level design skills to support root cause analysis and enable engineering delivery Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and communicate clearly with stakeholders Hands‑on experience in data or software engineering, ideally with cloud‑based platforms like Snowflake, Redshift, or other AWS services Proficiency in DBT, Python and SQL for complex data processing, with experience in building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, Git/GitHub, and a commitment to coding best practices including TDD What you’ll get for this role: Salary circa £65 K (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s) Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days Aviva‑funded private medical benefit to help you get expert support when you need it Make your money go further – up to 40 % discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work Make a difference, be part of Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi Kanikireddy a call on 02045922145 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr