Salary: £75,000 - 85,000 per year Requirements: Strong experience designing data solutions on Google Cloud Platform Deep hands-on expertise with Google BigQuery, including architecture, optimisation, and advanced SQL Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines Ability to influence technical direction and support other engineers through mentorship Responsibilities: Design robust, scalable architectures for data ingestion and analytics Set technical standards and ensure governance across the platform Guide teams on building efficient, compliant, and future-proof solutions Balance hands-on delivery with mentorship for other engineers Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, and regulatory expectations Technologies: BigQuery CI/CD Cloud Support SQL GCP More: At Data Idols, we are a data-driven organization expanding our cloud data engineering capability. We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join our modern data engineering team based in Manchester with a hybrid working model. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and influences data engineering standards while mentoring other engineers. last updated 5 week of 2026