Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Internal Grade D/EB8
Job DescriptionExperian Credit Services & Verifications are looking for a Lead Data Platform Engineer to join our Ascend Cloud Foundation Platform team for a 12 month fixed-term contract.
Reporting into our Engineering Director, you will join an established agile team, with a passion and lead a technical team that supports innovation, learning and collaboration. Ensure that the team follows the highest technical standards. Support Agile methods to deliver high value outcomes.
This is a Hybrid, Nottingham based role (40% in the office).
Main responsibilities:
- Lead an outstanding Agile technical team
- Build data pipelines and data lake
- Deliver quality software
- Collaborate with the risk, security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, PCI DSS) and industry standards related to data privacy and security
- Understand where there are overlapping technical requirements in your team and other teams and help build out technology roadmaps
- Codebase ownership
- Technical Application ownership
- Strong experience with DevOps & IaC tooling - Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Git, Jenkins , Harness
- Strong experience of developing on Apache Spark/Hadoop
- Strong experience with AWS cloud services including AWS Glue, S3, Step
- Strong experience building data pipelines and data lake
- Experience of the full development lifecycle/application Lifecycle Management Tools - BitBucket & Jira
- Significant experience of programming using Scala or Python. Configuration as code principles and API integration
- Write clean, scalable and re-usable code that implements SOLID principles, common design patterns where applicable and adheres to published coding standards
- Experience analyse, investigate and compare large data sets when required
- Functions, Lambdas, EventBridge, SQS and Lake formation
- Experience with automated testing methodologies
Benefits package includes:
- Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
- Core benefits include pension, bupa healthcare, sharesave scheme and more
- 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.
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Skills Required
- Experience leading an Agile technical team and delivering high-value outcomes
- Strong experience with DevOps and IaC tooling: Terraform
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Jenkins, and Harness
- Strong experience developing on Apache Spark and Hadoop
- Strong experience with AWS services including AWS Glue, S3, Step Functions, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, and Lake Formation
- Experience building data pipelines and data lakes
- Experience with application lifecycle management tools (BitBucket and Jira)
- Significant programming experience in Scala or Python
- Experience writing clean, scalable, re-usable code following SOLID and design patterns
- Experience analysing, investigating and comparing large datasets
- Familiarity with automated testing methodologies
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to data privacy and security (e.g., GDPR, PCI DSS)
- Codebase and technical application ownership experience
Experian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Experian and has not been reviewed or approved by Experian.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical and dental coverage is described as strong, with expanded mental health resources and telemedicine options. Coverage includes inclusive services such as gender transition and fertility support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are generous, including substantial PTO/vacation, paid holidays, and paid volunteer days with options to purchase additional leave. Parental leave is available for birth and non-birth parents alongside flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching and contributory pension schemes in some regions. These elements complement base pay and bonuses to form a competitive total rewards package.
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What We Do
Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity. We gather, analyse and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done. Our 20,600 people in 43 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow. About Experian: Bringing data to life requires creativity, passion, flexibility and expertise. We want you to share in our success. That's why we offer rewards that recognise great performance. Working in a culture of collaboration, achievement and respect we will give you the support and encouragement you need to develop your skills and talents and progress your career. Everyday our people bring enthusiasm, innovation and inspiration to work and if this sounds like you connect with us at Experian.
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