Role Title: Lead Data Engineer (Hybrid 2-3 days onsite) Location: Glasgow Duration: Until 31/12/2026 Day Rate: £382.50 Inside IR35 Role Description Join us as a Lead Data Engineer . You will focus on designing and building data pipelines, including real-time event streaming solutions. You will lead one of our data engineering teams, setting technical standards, reviewing code, and ensuring high-quality delivery across projects. Key Responsibilities Design, build and maintain scalable data architectures and pipelines. Implement and manage data warehouses and data lakes, ensuring data security, durability and accessibility. Develop data processing and analysis algorithms to handle complex, large-scale datasets. Collaborate with data scientists to support machine learning model deployment. Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, setting coding standards and driving best practices. Partner with senior stakeholders to align data solutions with business strategy. Manage risk and ensure compliance with governance and control frameworks. Contribute to strategic planning, resourcing, and continuous improvement initiatives. Essential Skills Proven experience managing distributed databases