Lead Data Engineer, London

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Lead Data Engineer page is loaded## Lead Data Engineerlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR0187**What you will deliver*** **Lead and Mentor:** Lead, manage, and mentor a team of 3-6 data engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.* **Technical Vision & Ownership:** Own and define the technical vision, providing architectural guidance and best practices for data modelling, ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, and data lake solutions.* **Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:** Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and ensure successful delivery of data solutions.* **Hands-on Development:** Be a hands-on contributor to the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and platforms, leveraging a modern data stack.* **Data Quality & Testing:** Implement and champion robust testing strategies for data pipelines, including unit testing, integration testing, and data quality checks, to ensure accuracy, reliability, and completeness of data.**Your Skills and Experience****Essential*** **Extensive Data Engineering Experience:** Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Data Engineer, with a strong track record of designing, building, and maintaining complex data pipelines and platforms.* **Technical Expertise:** + **Languages:** Strong proficiency in Python and SQL. + **Cloud Platform:** Hands-on experience with AWS services (EMR, Athena, Lambda, S3, Glue, Step Functions). + **Data Warehousing:** In-depth experience with Snowflake. + **Big Data Processing:** Experience with Spark and familiarity with Scala (even if limited). + **Orchestration:** Solid experience with Airflow for workflow orchestration. + **Data Transformation:** Hands-on experience with DBT (Data Build Tool). + **Version Control:** Proficient with Git and GitHub, including experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD.* **Leadership & Management:** + Demonstrated experience in leading, mentoring, and managing a team of data engineers. + Ability to motivate and inspire a team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence. + Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.**Desirable*** Real-time data processing* Data governance and data quality frameworks* Data operations and observability#LI-Hybrid#LI-TM1**We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive.**Permanent #J-18808-Ljbffr

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Location:: London
Job Type:: FullTime
Category:: IT & Technology

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