Data Engineer

Join our dynamic Commercial Data Team as a Data Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in driving the design, development, and optimisation of data pipelines into our data lake. In this exciting position, you will ensure scalability while supporting multiple business use cases, ultimately delivering significant value to our organisation. If you are passionate about transforming data into actionable insights and thrive in a collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you.

AXA Commercial has a transformational opportunity to revolutionise its business and operations through the strategic use of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities, supported by a robust and scalable architecture and infrastructure. We’re excited by the opportunity to harness the power of data to unlock value across all areas of our business, enabling faster, more efficient and better-informed decision making through automation, augmentation and advanced analytics.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build, maintain and optimise scalable data pipelines to handle various data types from multiple sources.
• Work on data engineering tasks to meet business demands, refining technical features as required.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring high-quality code and adherence to coding best practices.
• Implement and enforce best practices for data ingestion, transformation, and processing across the team.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to prepare data for advanced analytics, machine learning and reporting.
• Automate data processes and workflows to reduce manual interventions and improve efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues within the data pipelines, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance and fostering a collaborative team environment.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.

What you’ll bring: 

• Previous experience as a Data Engineer, working with large-scale data infrastructures.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with a deep understanding of their application in data engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, demonstrating strong knowledge of managing data pipelines and transformations.
• Practical experience with one or more cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Experience working with structured, semi-structured and unstructured data across various storage solutions. 
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automating testing, integration and deployment of data solutions.
• Strong understanding of information security and data governance principles, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers, lead small scale projects and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Skilled in explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Private health cover
• Wellbeing services & resources 
• AXA employee discounts

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to leanne.white@axa-insurance.co.uk.

Who we are:

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We’re currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We’re a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.