Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Salary £43,000 to £48,000 DOE

FT- 35 hours per week

Permanent

Hybrid- Folkestone

If you're passionate about unlocking the value of customer and consumer data, this is a unique opportunity to make a genuine impact. At Saga, you'll be at the forefront of meaningful data-driven initiatives, shaping how we understand and serve our customers while working with the latest cloud-based tools and technologies. Our culture supports innovation, professional growth, and hands-on problem-solving, giving you the chance to turn insights into tangible business outcomes.

We’re looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to join our growing team, working across our Single Customer View (SCV) and Snowflake Data Platform. As a relatively small team, you’ll gain wide exposure across the full data engineering lifecycle from sourcing and structuring data through to supporting analytics users and embedding governance controls.

You’ll work with a broad range of business units, meaning no two data challenges are the same. We’re a highly data-centric organisation where data engineering plays a key role in shaping decision-making, and we’re continuing to invest in using our data more effectively. A crucial part of success in this role is stakeholder engagement going beyond surface-level requests, confidently asking the right questions, and translating business needs into well-structured, governed data solutions.

We work in a hybrid way at Saga both at home and in the office. The data team come together for 1-day a week onsite in Folkestone. When you do come into the office, it’ll be with a real purpose in mind – to meet with your team, to work together, and of course to socialise and celebrate too!

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• Consult with the business to identify data sources, usage requirements, and refresh rates to gather build requirements
  
• Develop and support the SCV using Snowflake, data lake technologies, and related tooling
  
• Collaborate within cross-functional squads to design and build data platform components
  
• Ensure development adheres to Data Governance and InfoSec standards
  
• Test, monitor and resolve issues across data flows and ingestion routines
  
• Produce clear documentation for data ingestion and transformation processes
  
• Contribute to CI/CD design and support release coordination, understanding dependencies
  
• Advise on and contribute to project delivery planning for data engineering initiatives
  
• Promote adoption of the SCV platform and identify opportunities to optimise and automate processes
  
• Communicate progress, risks and issues effectively with stakeholders and technical teams
  

You will already have 1–2 years’ experience as a Data Engineer, with strong hands‑on experience in T‑SQL. You’ll have worked with Snowflake or similar cloud-based data platforms and have practical experience in data ingestion, processing and storage, alongside CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps and workflow tools like Talend (or equivalents).

Beyond the technical skillset, you’ll be confident working with stakeholders able to challenge constructively, ask the right questions to truly understand requirements, and translate business needs into well‑structured, governed data solutions. You’re proactive, solutions‑focused and comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, agile environment.

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• Strong hands‑on experience with T‑SQL and solid SQL database expertise (e.g. SQL Server, Snowflake or similar)
  
• Experience working with Snowflake or comparable cloud‑based data platforms
  
• Exposure to Python for data engineering tasks
  
• Practical experience with data ingestion, processing and storage concepts
  
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps (or similar)
  
• Experience using workflow/orchestration tools such as Talend (or equivalent)
  
• Confident working with stakeholders able to probe beyond initial requests, ask the right questions, and translate business requirements into effective data solutions
  
• Strong communication and technical presentation skills
  
• Proactive, solutions‑focused, and comfortable working in an agile, fast‑paced environment
  

Saga Values: Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us Special

At Saga we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE:

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• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  
• Option to purchase additional leave - 5 extra days
  
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
  
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
  
• Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary
  
• Wellbeing programme
  
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
  
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
  
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  
• Grandparents leave
  
• Income protection
  
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform
  

Over the past 75 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. We’re the most trusted brand amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for high-quality products and exceptional standards of service. Our product portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products andour Saga Magazine.

Our focus on delivering exceptional products and service empowers our colleagues to create moments that are personal and special for our customers and for each other and our values underpin our approach and help guide us to deliver our purpose.

We’re committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves and make a difference – more than anywhere else. We have done this by creating a truly inclusive culture, where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignityand respect in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.

Thanks to our people, Saga was awarded with a Gold for Best Customer Centric Culture in 2025. This is testament to the great culture we’ve built together. This award belongs to all our colleagues who collectively make Saga a fantastic place to work.

We are champions of age inclusivity and signatories of the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, we are proud of our multigenerational teams we have in place. We’re also a committed Disability Confident employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Your application will have fair consideration, and you’ll receive personal communication throughout your applicant journey when you apply to join Saga.

Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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