Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Full-Time Apply by 03-Oct-2025
About the role
As the Staff Data Platform Engineer in the Cyber Data Platform team, you will be key in designing, developing, and deploying a scalable data platform that empowers users to create advanced analytics, machine learning, and GenAI solutions to enhance our security defences. You will lead architectural decisions, guide technical direction, and mentor the engineering team to deliver high quality data services. We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
What is in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work.
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service,
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service,
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
You will be responsible for
Technical Leadership: Take in charge of the design, development and delivery of cyber data platform solutions and provide technical guidance and mentorship across all teams of cyber data platform. Data Architecture: Design, build and management of realtime, near realtime and batch data architectures that support threat detection, incident response and reporting through advanced analytics, machine learning and GenAI capabilities. Coding: Contribute to raising the quality bar of the team's codebase by producing high-quality code, conducting thorough peer reviews, and proactively providing constructive feedback to other team members on their code Data Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce data security standard methodologies, ensuring the protection of sensitive information and compliance with relevant regulations. Automation and DevOps: Implement various automations and DevOps practices to streamline the deployment, configuration, and management of data platform components.
You will need
Proven experience in leading the teams to deliver resilient systems and providing technical guidance for optimal product solutions. Experience building data platforms on cloud services like Databricks on Azure or GCP BigQuery, with the goal of delivering a self-service data platform for users. Proficient in Python and SQL, with a solid grasp of architectural patterns, coding standards, code reviews, version control, and CI/CD practices. Expertise in ETL and ELT frameworks for large scale realtime and batch data processing, with hands-on experience in Kafka, Flink, Airflow and dbt as well as containerisation technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Ability to provide clear input, guide, opportunities to help engineers develop and advance. Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and practices.
About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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