Lead Data Engineer
£65-75K + car allowance
Flexible Location | Hybrid working with frequent travel to Banbury required
If large-scale data engineering isn't central to what you do now, this probably isn't for you and that's intentional.
This role is for a senior, hands-on data engineer whose day-to-day work revolves around designing, building and scaling production-grade data platforms in the cloud, not just writing ad hoc pipelines or maintaining legacy systems.
If you've spent years turning raw, messy data into something reliable, performant and genuinely useful and you want more influence over how platforms are built, not just tickets you're given, keep reading.
The role
This business is investing heavily in its data engineering capability to support growth across the UK, Europe and beyond. That means:
* Large, complex, real-world datasets
* Senior stakeholders who actually use the outputs
* A need for robust, scalable cloud-based data platforms, not proofs of concept
As the Lead Data Engineer, you'll be the technical lead for the data engineering function: shaping standards, architecture and delivery while remaining deeply hands-on.
This is not a “step away from code” role: you are the lead developer.
What you'll be doing
Your focus will be on designing,...