Data Engineer/Software Engineer

Date: 29 Apr 2026

Location:

Oxford/ Hybrid, GB, OX4 4DQ

Company: Nominet

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid, with a minimum of 20% in the Oxford office per month

About Us:

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we're best known for running .UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.

As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve people’s lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

The Role:

We’re looking for engineers from a range of technical backgrounds who are interested in building a career in Data Engineering, particularly those with strong Java experience looking to transition into modern data platform engineering.

You’ll join a Data Engineering team responsible for migrating and transforming data from a variety of on-premise and cloud platforms into our Databricks Delta Lakehouse environment. The role works across the full data platform stack, covering data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, backend engineering, infrastructure-as-code, and operational platform support.

This is an opportunity to apply existing engineering expertise to complex technical challenges that support critical national infrastructure and large-scale data capabilities.

We’re less focused on candidates already holding the title “Data Engineer” and more interested in strong engineers with transferable technical skills, curiosity, and an interest in developing within modern data and cloud technologies.

What You'll Be Doing:

Actively participate in the development and maintenance of core data pipelines.

Implement and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes.

Ensure all code developed is tested with a suite of unit, integration, and infrastructure tests

Update and maintain documentation on architecture, security, and pipeline code

You will work with:

AWS systems including EC2, S3, CloudWatch and ECS.

Databricks
Apache Spark

Languages such as Python, Java and SQL

What To Expect Next:

1st stage: Introduction call with a member of the TA team (30 mins)

2nd stage: Hiring manager interview (Onsite, 2 hours including coding)

What We Offer:

Hybrid & Flexible Working
Early Finish Friday – Working week of 34 hours with full-time pay. (Finish at midday on Friday) 
30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days. 
Private Medical Insurance + Employee Assistance Programme 
Medicash
Pension Scheme (Matched to 7%)
Annual Bonus Scheme 
Family Leave (Enhanced)
Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points* 
Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc.*
*Flexible Benefits

Diversity Statement:

We're passionate about creating a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. Somewhere we can benefit from all forms of diversity and discover the true value in our differences. If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know

Security Statement

Nominet is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of the internet and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment by participating in the relevant security and screening processes. All roles working for Nominet will be subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.