Data Engineer

Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 8th January 2026

Salary

£42,500 - £45,700

This salary includes the Government Digital and Data pay Supplement which is payable from January 2026.

Job description

As Data Engineer you will work closely with senior data engineering colleagues and other professions across the organisation to collaboratively deliver robust, resilient data systems, complex data flows and data products data for analytics, business intelligence (BI) and information services.

You will collaborate across functional areas, applying your practical experience in Data Engineering to successfully support meeting delivery targets within agile teams.

You will assist the Senior Data Engineer in opportunity discovery and solution development for technical prototypes and production-ready solutions. Activities may include problem discovery, research of new technologies and techniques, prototyping and implementing pre-Discovery solutions. You will support the on-going development and improvement of Data Engineering solutions in production.

For more information about the role and the full Person Specification, please see the Candidate Pack.

Location

Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS

Person specification

To be successful in this role, it is essential you have the following:-

• Experience of communicating between the technical and non-technical: you can explain why it's important to communicate technical concepts in non-technical language and explain the types of communication that can be used with internal and external stakeholders, and their impact.
• Experience of data analysis and synthesis: you can undertake data profiling and source system analysis and present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data
• Experience of the data development process: you can design, build and test data products based on feeds from multiple systems, using a range of different storage technologies, access methods or both, and create repeatable and reusable products.
• Experience of data integration design: you can deliver data solutions in accordance with agreed organisational standards that ensure services are resilient, scalable and future-proof.
• Experience of data modelling: you can explain the concepts and principles of data modelling, produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation's specific needs and reverse-engineer data models from a live system.
• Experience of programming and build (data engineering): you can design, code, test, correct and document simple programs or scripts under the direction of others.
• Experience of demonstrating technical understanding: you can understand the core technical concepts related to the role, and apply them with guidance.

For more information about the role and the full Person Specification, please see the Candidate Pack.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• • Experience of using a unified engine for large-scale data analytics (e.g. Spark/PySpark);
  • Experience in writing, testing, implementing scripts (e.g. Python, Scala);
  • Experience of cloud data stack (e.g. SageMaker Notebooks, S3, Glue, Athena).

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

We are working with our recruitment partner (Inspire People) for this campaign.

Submit your CV on Inspire People's website link.

Inspire People will assess your CV and compile a longlist of applications for HM Land Registry to sift.

If you progress through this stage, you will need to complete a short, pre-recorded video with Inspire People. Alternatively, you can provide written answers to the questions . HM Land Registry will then sift these applications.

Please make sure your CV outlines how you meet the
Essential Experience

Successful candidates at sift will be invited to a blended interview, of which more information will be issued by Inspire at the time.

Candidates can refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

HM Land Registry is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage may get an invitation to interview. If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

We are unable to offer a Skilled Worker Visa for this role, you must have the RTW in the UK.

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website

The post will require a Security Check and will therefore be subject to further background checks, including meeting the UK minimum residency requirement of 5 years. Further details of the process and checks can be found here:

National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK )

If you would like to find out more about the role, the Data Engineering capability and what it's like to work at HMLR, a Hiring Manager Q&A session where you can virtually 'meet the team' will be held via Teams on Tuesday, 6th of January at 12:30pm. Please register your interest here:

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name :Zymante Gintalaite - Inspire People
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• Telephone :

Recruitment team

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