Role Overview
This role is for a hands‑on Data Engineer to join our growing team working across the Single Customer View (SCV) and Snowflake Data Platform. You'll work throughout the full data engineering lifecycle, collaborating with a range of business units and embedding governance controls. Our data team come together for one day a week on site in Folkestone, while the rest of the role is remote.
Responsibilities
* 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
Qualifications
* 1–2 years of experience as a Data Engineer, including strong hands‑on experience with T‑SQL
* Experience working with Snowflake or similar cloud‑based data platforms
* Solid SQL database expertise (e.g. SQL Server, Snowflake or similar)
* Experience with 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, probing beyond initial requests and translating business requirements into effective data solutions
* Strong communication and technical presentation skills
* Proactive, solutions‑focused, and comfortable working in an agile, fast‑paced environment
About Saga
Saga is a UK‑based provider of products and services to people aged over 50, offering cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products and a magazine. We support an inclusive culture that encourages innovation and professional growth.
Benefits
* 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 – 4× salary
* Wellbeing programme
* Colleague discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
* 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
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