Data Engineer
Govia Thameslink Railway · London, United Kingdom ·
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A Data Engineer joins Govia Thameslink Railway's Data & AI function to design, build, and maintain curated data models and ETL/ELT pipelines on the company's enterprise DataHub platform, primarily using Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, semantic models) and SQL, supporting reporting, analytics, and future ML/AI workloads alongside analysts and subject matter experts.
Location: Hybrid, Monument Place
Reporting to: Platform Lead
Are you passionate about creating scalable data solutions that drive business insight, support operational decision making and enable the next generation of AI capabilities?
At GTR, we're looking for a talented Data Engineer to join our growing Data & AI function and help shape the future of our enterprise DataHub platform.
Location: Hybrid, Monument Place
Reporting to: Platform Lead
Are you passionate about creating scalable data solutions that drive business insight, support operational decision making and enable the next generation of AI capabilities?
At GTR, we're looking for a talented Data Engineer to join our growing Data & AI function and help shape the future of our enterprise DataHub platform.
As a Data Engineer, you will design, build and maintain high-quality data models and pipelines within GTR's DataHub platform to enable trusted reporting, analytics and advanced machine learning use cases. You will work closely with analysts across the business to translate requirements into performant, well-governed data products that support both operational insight and future predictive work.
While the role is primarily technical, you will be expected to demonstrate sufficient business understanding to work effectively with subject matter experts, understand end-to-end use cases, and deliver data solutions that genuinely meet operational and decision-making needs.
This is an exciting opportunity to join GTR's growing Data & AI function and help build the trusted data foundations that support reporting, analytics, machine learning and AI across the organisation.
You'll work with modern Microsoft technologies, collaborate with Data Architects, Data Scientists and AI Engineers, and play a key role in enabling data-driven decision making across one of the UK's largest train operating companies.
Our culture is built around being Fair, Accountable, Collaborative, Transparent and Open-Minded, while ensuring everyone feels Valued, Respected and Safe.
If you're passionate about data engineering, modern cloud technologies and delivering solutions that make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help power the data-driven future of GTR.
“I’m a Thameslink passenger host and team leader based at Luton station and I’m currently doing a Level 3 Supervisor apprenticeship so that I can improve my skills even further. I was hesitant to do the apprenticeship at first because of my age – I left school over 60 years ago without any qualifications! It’s been hard to get back into the routine of learning again.”
“It was my brother’s suggestion to join the railway. He was already working in the industry and knew I had some university bills to pay off so told me to give it a go, get out of debt and see what I wanted to do next. After a while, it just felt like actually – this is exactly where I’m meant to be. I’m part of a great team and the on-board department as a whole are brilliant to work with. I feel at home here.”
Tonderai Matizha‑Johnson
Area Operations Manager
“When I saw that GTR was advertising places for its apprenticeship scheme I looked into it straight away because I thought it was a great opportunity to learn whilst getting real life experience in a 9-5 job. I applied for a level three business administration apprenticeship and was thrilled to find out I had a place on the course! I was so excited that I didn’t even mind it was based 250 miles away from where I lived.”
“Working for GTR is very rewarding and fulfilling. You really feel like you're making a difference to customers, no matter what role you're in as at the end of the day they're the heart of our business. I’ve had lots of opportunities to explore other aspects of the business including supporting our station staff and gaining my Train Dispatch Licence which has been enriching for my experience here.”
“If you’ve always had an interest in rail, or maybe you’re just curious to find out what working in the railway might look like, GTR is the operator to go for. Not many companies do an official work experience program and this unique opportunity will give you a good grounding with varied activities to help you find the best place in the railway for you. It certainly did it for me.”
Nathaniel Owen
Station Manager
“I work as part of the Fleet Infrastructure team, which means ensuring our 18 Engineering locations operate safely and efficiently. We oversee all building and track maintenance works as well as various minor and major projects across the network.”
“I started in a small ticket office back in 1996 and have continued to work my way up ever so far. A previous manager told me about a job he’d seen advertised for a trainer. ’d never considered a job in HR or mentoring before then, but he said I’d be perfect for it and I haven’t looked back since!”
Zoey Hudson
Head of Talent, Diversity and Inclusion
“Since April, I’ve helped to support our Kickstart Scheme. It’s been a really rewarding process to be part of because I know first‑hand how tough it can be to find work once you’re out of it.”
“I love the freedom that comes with being a train driver. Obviously, there are rules and regulations to follow as well as duties and commitments to carry out, but in a way, you’re sort of your own boss, which is nice.”