Hastings Direct
Data & AI Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £47,000 - 86,000 per year
Requirements:- Experience working with Snowflake, including SQL development, data modelling, orchestration, and integration management.
- Experience with Azure services, including Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps.
- Proficiency in Python for data processing, automation, and solution development.
- Understanding of cloud-based data platforms and modern data architecture principles.
- Exposure to AI, machine learning, or generative AI technologies and their practical application within business environments.
- Experience working within Agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
- Experience with modern data engineering tools such as Airflow, dbt, Dataform, or similar technologies.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- We are unable to progress with candidates that require sponsorship at this time.
- Design, build, and support scalable data and AI solutions that enable analytics, automation, and AI-driven business outcomes.
- Develop and optimise Snowflake-based data platforms to support reporting, data science, and machine learning workloads.
- Create automated, reliable, and observable data pipelines that meet engineering, governance, and security standards.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to promote best practices in SQL, Python, data modelling, and AI development.
- Drive the adoption of AI, machine learning, and generative AI technologies to deliver innovative business solutions.
- Continuously improve platform performance, scalability, and operational efficiency while supporting AI governance and MLOps best practices.
- AI
- Airflow
- Azure
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Support
- Kanban
- Machine Learning
- MLOps
- Python
- SQL
- Security
- Snowflake
- dbt
More:
We are a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become the best and biggest in the UK market. We have invested significantly in our data and tech capabilities, particularly within our CIO function, which is driving innovation and supporting our growth. Our 4Cs culture focuses on collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement, and our CIO team works on cutting-edge projects that enhance our digital presence and customer engagement. We insure nearly four million customers and offer a flexible, hybrid working approach, development support, recognition and rewards, annual bonus, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, pension contributions up to 10%, wellbeing support, and 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Our colleagues are based in Bexhill and Leicester, and we are committed to an inclusive, fair, and accessible recruitment process.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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Bexhill-on-Sea
IT
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£60,000
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This salary is 11% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
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