Data Engineer

Company Description

Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

Job Description

Join our dynamic team at Legal and General Asset Management (LGAM) as a Senior Data Engineer. You will play a crucial role in maintaining and developing our Finance data strategy, ensuring efficient data sourcing, storage, processing, and maintenance. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the continuous improvement of our data solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• Developing strong working relationships with stakeholders across LGAM functions
• Working with Senior Finance Managers and Business Stakeholders to understand data requirements
• Designing, analysing, building, and maintaining solutions following architectural frameworks
• Providing technical support to finance teams for data extraction and reporting
• Ensuring data structures are consistent and optimized across various systems
• Creating innovative data solutions
• Documenting technical processes and solutions
• Engaging with Group Data to improve and utilise data solutions, including Cloud solutions

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Experience in data programming and finance data
• Proficiency in SQL and Python and/or C#
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle)
• Familiarity with ETL/ELT tools (e.g., Alteryx) and big data platforms (e.g., Snowflake)

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart 

Additional Information

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.