Full-Time
Lead Data Engineer
Data Engineering
Posted on 9/18/2025
NewDay
1,001-5,000 employees
UK consumer credit and store cards
No salary listed
London, UK
Hybrid
 Data & Analytics (1) |
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- Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Data Engineer, with a strong track record of designing, building, and maintaining complex data pipelines and platforms.
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (EMR, Athena, Lambda, S3, Glue, Step Functions).
- In-depth experience with Snowflake.
- Experience with Spark and familiarity with Scala (even if limited).
- Solid experience with Airflow for workflow orchestration.
- Hands-on experience with DBT (Data Build Tool).
- Proficient with Git and GitHub, including experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
- Demonstrated experience in leading, mentoring, and managing a team of data engineers.
- Ability to motivate and inspire a team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of 3-6 data engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
- Own and define the technical vision, providing architectural guidance and best practices for data modelling, ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, and data lake solutions.
- Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and ensure successful delivery of data solutions.
- Be a hands-on contributor to the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and platforms, leveraging a modern data stack.
- Implement and champion robust testing strategies for data pipelines, including unit testing, integration testing, and data quality checks, to ensure accuracy, reliability, and completeness of data.
- Real-time data processing
- Data governance and data quality frameworks
- Data operations and observability
NewDay provides credit cards and store cards to consumers in the United Kingdom, specifically focusing on those who may be overlooked by traditional banks. The company issues its own credit-building cards like Aqua and Marbles, while also managing co-branded cards for major retailers such as John Lewis and Argos. Unlike many high-street lenders, NewDay specializes in the "near-prime" market, offering digital-only products like Bip to help users manage and improve their credit scores. The company's goal is to provide responsible access to credit for underserved individuals while expanding its reach through retail partnerships and digital technology.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2000
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Acquired Argos portfolio for £720M, adding 2M customers.
- Reported 30% profit rise to £107M in H1 2025.
- KKR acquired portfolio, enhancing scale and funding.
What critics are saying
- FCA rules reject 20-30% more applicants, shrinking £4.4B receivables.
- Lloyds digital card captures 15% near-prime share in 12-18 months.
- John Lewis internalizes £800M portfolio in 12-18 months.
What makes NewDay unique
- NewDay targets near-prime consumers with Aqua, Marbles, Fluid cards.
- Launched UK's first digital-only Bip credit card.
- Integrates open banking via D•One for affordability assessments.
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Company News
Sainsbury's has also announced the creation of a partnership with NewDay to create a new Argos-branded digital credit proposition.
The transaction will also see Sainsbury's partner with NewDay to create a new Argos-branded digital credit proposition, which will replace the brand's current credit propositions with a "wider choice of modern, flexible and more convenient ways for customers to manage the cost of purchases".
D•One, part of the ClearScore Group, today announces that NewDay, a leading provider of unsecured consumer credit in the UK, has gone live with D•One’s open banking connectivity and transaction categorisation products. This move to provide deeper affordability assessments supports responsible access to credit, as well as financial inclusion. NewDay customers can share their transaction data via open banking for a real-world assessment of affordability, offering consumers who have limited credit histories access to credit options they might otherwise have missed out on.NewDay serves millions of customers, powered by its leading platform and digital servicing capability. With the integration of open banking technology, it can now further enhance its lending decision-making, leading to greater access to credit for a wider range of people. Using D•One’s open banking connection and categorisation, NewDay has developed its credit models to help more people move forward with credit.Rob Holt, Chief Executive Officer of Credit at NewDay, said: “We are always looking for ways to improve our ability to serve working Britain with responsible access to affordable credit, and we see open banking as an important addition to our underwriting assessments to more comprehensively understand our customers’ circumstances. We were impressed with D•One’s open banking solution, along with the supporting functionality and flexibility it provided and plan to integrate these capabilities into our lending strategies.”D•One provides the most comprehensive suite of open banking connectivity in the UK and has an advanced deterministic categorisation model developed over 12 years and with over 1 billion transactions
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Experian is collaborating with NewDay and other leading UK organisations to deliver best practices in supporting vulnerable consumers.