Lead Data Engineer

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London / £75000 - £90000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

£75000 - £90000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

£90,000 + Benefits
London (4 days per week in the office)
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly scaling SaaS business where you can build and lead the Data Engineering function from the ground up whilst remaining hands-on with cutting-edge data and AI initiatives.

THE COMPANY:

The business works with major enterprise clients across Financial Services, Retail, Telecommunications, Travel and Healthcare. This is an exciting opportunity to join at a pivotal stage of growth and have a genuine impact on the future direction of the business.

THE ROLE:

You will take ownership of the Data Engineering function, driving technical excellence, engineering best practice and team growth whilst leading the development of scalable, cloud-based data solutions.
Key responsibilities include:
  • Building and leading the Data Engineering function, defining standards, processes and ways of working.
  • Managing, mentoring and developing a growing team of Data Engineers.
  • Designing and delivering scalable ETL/ELT pipelines across operational, analytical and AI data environments.
  • Owning data architecture, modelling strategy, CI/CD processes and deployment governance.
  • Driving adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices to improve development efficiency, quality and scalability.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

You will bring strong capability in:
  • Previous experience leading and line-managing Data Engineering teams.
  • Advanced SQL and Python development skills.
  • Consultancy experience
  • Building and optimising ETL/ELT pipelines within modern cloud environments.
  • Data modelling, dimensional modelling and modern data architecture principles.
  • CI/CD, Git, DevOps practices and cloud platforms including Azure, AWS and/or GCP.

THE BENEFITS:

You will receive a salary of up to £90,000 depending on experience, along with a comprehensive benefits package.


HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.




























CONTACT

Molly Bird

Senior Recruitment Consultant

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