Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Significant hands-on experience as a senior or lead data engineer on complex, real-world systems
• Strong Python and Spark skills, with evidence of building and maintaining production data pipelines
• Deep understanding of the data engineering lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, storage and serving
• Experience designing data models that support operational and analytical use
• Understanding of data governance, security and compliance built into systems by design
• Confidence working with messy data, legacy constraints and organisational complexity
• Ability to influence through technical delivery rather than formal authority

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and improve enterprise-scale data pipelines, platforms and services
• Lead complex data engineering work end to end, from problem definition through build and operational use
• Work directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate real problems into effective data solutions
• Engineer data integrations across diverse systems, including legacy and modern platforms
• Build production-grade data solutions using strong software and data engineering practices
• Improve data quality, lineage and metadata as first-class engineering concerns
• Diagnose and resolve complex data and platform issues in constrained environments
• Provide technical leadership and raise standards through example and delivery

Technologies:

• Support
• Python
• Security
• Spark

More:

We work in an environment where data engineering is grounded in real operational needs, often involving imperfect data, technical constraints and organisational complexity. We value collaboration, pragmatism and persistence, alongside strong engineering craft. You will work on meaningful data engineering challenges that support real outcomes across the organisation, staying hands-on and helping shape better data practices through delivery. We are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered. We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds and believe that respect and inclusion lead to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes.

last updated 39 week of 2026