Lead Data Engineer

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LEAD DATA ENGINEER

HYBRID – LONDON

£90,000 - £115,000


THE COMPANY

This award-winning scale-up is transforming the property sector through advanced data science, predictive modelling, and machine learning. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in building the infrastructure that powers real-time customer behaviour insights for businesses across the industry.


THE ROLE

As a Lead Data Engineer you will set the technical direction of a high-performing data team while remaining hands-on in architecting and scaling complex data systems. You’ll lead a team of senior engineers, establish coding standards, and ensure best practices while delivering the foundations that enable rapid model deployment and high-volume data pipelines.

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

  • Designing and optimising modern data architecture and automated data ingestion pipelines
  • Building robust APIs for high-volume, low-latency data access
  • Implementing scalable infrastructure using AWS, Snowflake, and related tools
  • Leading and mentoring 3–4 senior data engineers while remaining technically hands-on
  • Partnering with data science leadership to create reliable pipelines and a clean data layer for advanced modelling


SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

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

  • Strong expertise with Python and SQL
  • Proven experience with AWS, Snowflake, and Airflow (or similar orchestration tools)
  • Hands-on experience with Spark and dbt for scalable data processing
  • Experience in Terraform and Kafka
  • Track record of leading or mentoring data engineering teams
  • Background in a startup or scale-up environment, comfortable working end-to-end.
  • Ideally a Master’s degree


BENEFITS

The successful Lead Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary between £90,000 – £115,000
  • Hybrid working model – 3 days in the London office
  • Opportunity to work alongside award-winning collaborative teams, forward-thinking environment
  • Other benefit


HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume/CV to Joana Alves via the Apply link on this page.

Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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