Data Engineer

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

The Client Distribution Data Platform delivery team is building data‑driven products that enable colleagues across the business to work smarter and faster. A key focus is the development of an internal AI Copilot agent that allows users to query trusted product and distribution data, driving significant improvements in business efficiency.

This role is for an experienced engineer who enjoys turning complex business problems into robust, production‑ready solutions. The role focuses on delivery, ownership, and thoughtful engineering, working in a cross‑functional environment with business, governance, and technology partners.

The team values collaboration in the morning and protects focus time for delivery for the rest of the day.

• Design, build, and operate production‑grade features for an AI‑enabled data product, including an internal Copilot agent
• Own specific services, pipelines, or AI capabilities end‑to‑end, following established engineering and DevOps ways of working
• Translate business questions and requirements into clear technical problem statements and solution options
• Contribute to the extension, hardening, and operationalisation of AI solutions, with a strong focus on reliability and observability
• Build and work with operational and product‑focused data pipelines, rather than purely analytical datasets
• Collaborate directly with business users, and technical teams to deliver tangible outcomes
• Contribute to team design discussions, proposing ideas and improvements across architecture, quality, and delivery practices
• Maintain clear documentation to support maintainability and knowledge sharing
• Apply AI tools thoughtfully and pragmatically, challenging use cases that do not add real value

• Strong engineering background with experience delivering cloud‑based data or software solutions
• Solid proficiency in SQL and experience with a general‑purpose programming language (C# preferred; Python considered)
• Experience working in a cloud environment (Azure preferred, other technology considered, e.g. data orchestration and application hosting services such as Data Factory and App Services)
• Hands‑on experience contributing to AI‑enabled solutions, including prompt engineering and working with AI‑assisted development tools
• Understanding of data engineering concepts, including data structures, pipelines, and operational data flows
• Experience contributing within established CI/CD and infrastructure‑as‑code practices (DevOps)
• Ability to balance delivery speed with robustness, reliability, and long‑term maintainability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas simply

• Cloud computing
• Data engineering and operational data platforms
• AI‑enabled development and prompt engineering
• Problem solving and solution design
• Collaboration across business and technical teams
• Agility, adaptability, and continuous improvement

Nice to have

• Awareness of security best practices
• Exposure to asset management or financial services domains

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.  

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. 

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: [email protected]