Lead Data Engineer

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Newcastle upon Tyne / £90000 - £110000 annum

INFO

Salary
SALARY:

£90000 - £110000

Location

LOCATION

Newcastle upon Tyne

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Lead Data Engineer

£90,000 - £110,000

Remote (UK Only)

This is a standout opportunity to take technical ownership of a modern data engineering function. You will shape data architecture, build high‑impact ETL pipelines, and play a key role in developing both the platform and the team as they enter their next phase of growth.

THE COMPANY

They are a high‑growth online gambling and sports betting platform backed by significant recent investment and focused on delivering an intuitive, mobile‑first user experience. The environment is modern, engineering‑driven, and designed for people who enjoy solving complex technical problems in a fast‑moving setting.

THE ROLE

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will take charge of a Data Engineering team focused on data ingestion and modelling.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Leading the design, build and optimisation of ETL pipelines and ingestion frameworks.
  • Owning core data engineering solutions across modelling, transformation and orchestration.
  • Acting as a technical lead while providing light people leadership to a growing team.
  • Collaborating closely with stakeholders to shape data architecture and best practice.
  • Driving high coding standards and contribute to long‑term platform scalability.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Lead Data Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

  • Strong commercial experience working as a Data Engineer in AWS.
  • Solid programming skills in Python and strong SQL capability.
  • Exposure to orchestration tools such as Airflow or Dagster.
  • Experience with modern data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift or BigQuery.
  • Infrastructure‑as‑code experience, ideally Terraform or Pulumi.

BENEFITS

The successful Lead Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary between £90,000 - £110,000 - depending on experience.
  • Fully remote work.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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