Data Engineering Lead

Data Engineering LeadWest London | Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite
Up to £90,000 + up to 40% bonus

We're working with a large, established organisation that is investing heavily in the modernisation of its data platform and is looking for a Data Engineering Lead to play a key role in that transformation.

This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll take ownership of the design and delivery of scalable data solutions while leading and developing a team of 4-6 Data Engineers. You'll be joining at an exciting stage as the business continues its move from legacy, on-premise infrastructure towards a modern, cloud-native data environment.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the design, development and deployment of scalable data pipelines and architectures
• Managing, mentoring and developing a team of Data Engineers
• Driving the adoption of cloud technologies and modern data engineering practices
• Building out reliable data operations and improving the performance of the wider data estate
• Working closely with Data Architects, Analytics teams and senior stakeholders
• Establishing engineering best practices across CI/CD, coding standards, documentation and version control
• Helping shape the technical direction of a major data modernisation programme

What we're looking for

You'll be an experienced Data Engineering leader who is still comfortable operating at a technical level.

Ideally, you'll bring experience across:

• AWS including S3, EC2, Lambda and Glue
• Snowflake
• Python & SQL
• Airflow or similar ETL/orchestration tooling
• Streaming technologies such as Kinesis
• Data warehousing and data modelling
• CI/CD and modern engineering practices
• Building and maintaining complex data pipelines
• Leading and developing Data Engineering teams

Package

Up to £90,000 base salary
Up to 40% bonus
West London
Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite