Data Engineer

SALARY: From £48,109 pa dependent on experience LOCATION: Milton Keynes HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role. HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full time, permanent CLOSING DATE: 17/03/26 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications. This role is responsible for delivering against the company-wide data strategy, using solutions to demonstrate the future capabilities of data engineering. Utilising a unique set of skills and applying innovative approaches to data preparation, this role is expected to optimise and prepare current data structures to satisfy business outcomes. What You’ll Be Doing • Develop and upskill the Data and BI Development team, coaching them in innovative data preparation techniques to ensure readiness for future data strategy objectives. • Design, build and optimise data pipelines, extracting data from diverse sources, transforming it effectively and loading it into appropriate storage solutions. • Showcase advanced data preparation methods across the organisation, providing insight into future capabilities needed to support strategic data goals. • Mentor junior BI Developers, ensuring their technical skills remain current and aligned with industry‑standard BI development practices. • Demonstrate the value of data engineering by delivering solutions that highlight efficiency, scalability and improved business outcomes. • Define and support the creation of robust data pipeline architecture, enabling development teams to deliver solutions more securely and efficiently. • Assemble large and complex datasets that fulfil both functional and non‑functional business requirements. • Lead the identification, design, and implementation of process improvements, enhancing throughput and accelerating value delivery across BI development initiatives. Essential Experience & Skills • Expertise in ETL/ELT with industry standard tools: Informatica Cloud (IDMC) and SAP Data Services • Proven end-to-end Data Engineering experience: working with large‑scale datasets, building data models and developing and optimising big data pipelines. • Advanced SQL experience, preferably PL/SQL, including experience with relational databases, writing complex queries and working with a range of database technologies. • A high-level skill in data and BI reporting: SAP Business Objects and Tableau with ability to support diverse stakeholder(s) for their reporting and business needs. • Strong ability to perform root cause analysis on data and operational processes to address business questions and uncover improvement/optimisation opportunities. • Demonstrated experience of developing processes, data transformation, manipulating, processing and extracting value from large and often disparate datasets. • Training or Certification in any of the above Technology Stack including knowledge of Python programming would be seen as a plus. • Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced or evolving environment is essential for the role. What’s in it for you? Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance) Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. Car schemes • : Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance. OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member. Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you. We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work. , Why join VWFS UK? You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.