Bupa
Lead Engineer (Group Data)
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Job Description: Lead Engineer (Group Data)
From £75,000 - £94,000 (neg. depending on experience) + benefits, including up to 25% bonus + £6K Car Allowance
Location
London (EC2R 7HJ) or Salford (M50 3SP)
Working Arrangement
Hybrid working – 1-2 days per week in the office
Employment Type
Permanent Full-time, 35 hours per week
We make health happen
Working in our Group functions Technology you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care not just in the UK but around the globe. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day, by helping shape the strategic direction of our business around the world.
We're looking for a highly skilled Lead Engineer
To provide technical leadership across Bupa's strategic data and analytics products, including our cloud-native Advanced Analytics platform and Technology Insights Centre. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll be responsible for designing, building, and governing business-critical products that enable advanced analytics, data-driven decision-making, and technology insights across the organisation.
As the technical authority for your domain, you'll combine deep engineering expertise with strong architecture, security, and governance knowledge to drive product delivery, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. You'll lead engineering teams, shape technical strategy, and champion modern engineering practices while remaining actively involved in solution design and technical problem-solving.
How you’ll help us make health happen
- Provide technical leadership for Bupa's strategic data and analytics products, ensuring high standards of engineering, architecture, and delivery.
- Design secure, scalable cloud solutions and drive the technical roadmap from concept through to implementation.
- Champion modern engineering practices, including automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and observability.
- Embed security, governance, and regulatory compliance into all solutions, balancing innovation with risk management.
- Collaborate with product teams and senior stakeholders to deliver business value and influence technical direction.
- Remain hands-on with solution design, code reviews, and complex technical challenges while coaching and developing engineers.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, engineering excellence, and knowledge sharing across teams.
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What you'll bring
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, and operating cloud-based technology products, ideally within GCP or a comparable cloud platform.
- Strong expertise in automation, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with secure data integration, including APIs, databases, and data pipelines, alongside authentication and access technologies such as OAuth and OIDC.
- Proven ability to design secure, scalable solutions within regulated environments, with a strong understanding of governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
- Track record of delivering complex enterprise-scale technology solutions across large and multinational organisations.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
- Knowledge of SQL and Python is advantageous, while experience with tools such as FiveTran or Airbyte would be beneficial.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance
- Access to our wellbeing programmes and mental health support
- Bonus scheme up to 25%
- Enhanced parental leave
- Pension scheme
- Discounts on Bupa products and services
- Opportunities for career development and internal mobility
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Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.
Time Type: Full time
Job Area: IT
Locations: Angel Court, London, Bupa Place
Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality.
If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.
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