Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on SQL expertise, including performance tuning
• Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric and Synapse, including design, architecture, and implementation
• Experience working with Lakehouse architecture and multiple data sources
• Demonstrable experience modernising data platforms, such as moving from Bronze to Gold maturity, or consolidating data into a central platform
• Strong understanding of data engineering principles, governance, and data quality
• Experience delivering and supporting production-grade data solutions
• Ability to act as a senior technical escalation point and lead delivery
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly around data quality challenges
• Microsoft certifications such as DP-600 or DP-900
• Experience managing or mentoring engineers, or readiness to step into leadership
• Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD practices within data engineering
• Experience in complex or enterprise environments

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines within Microsoft Fabric across Lakehouse, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, and Data Integration
• Refine and enhance existing pipelines and architecture to align with best practice
• Lead the transition of our platform from Bronze to Gold standard
• Develop and fine-tune complex SQL queries, transformations, and data models
• Support and troubleshoot data issues impacting reporting, such as Power BI refresh failures
• Take ownership of data quality, governance, and platform reliability
• Act as the technical escalation point for our team of Data Engineers
• Lead, mentor, and support a small team of 3 engineers
• Work across multiple data sources, including enterprise systems and bespoke applications, feeding into a Lakehouse
• Engage stakeholders across the business to improve data quality and consistency

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Data Warehouse
• DevOps
• Fabric
• Support
• Power BI
• SQL

More:

We are offering a transformational Lead Data Engineer role with hybrid working, requiring 2 to 4 days per month in our East London or Essex office, and a salary of up to £75k. We already have Microsoft Fabric in place, and our focus is now on maturing the environment over the next 12 to 18 months, improving architecture, data quality, and overall platform capability. This is a hands-on leadership position where we are looking for someone to act as the senior technical escalation point, help shape best practice, refine existing pipelines, and drive data modernisation across a complex data landscape. Interviews are planned for May.

last updated 36 week of 2026