Data Engineering Lead
Certain Advantage are hiring for a Data Engineering Lead based in London.
This role is on an initial contract till the end of the year and is required to be onsite 3 days a week.
The successful candidate will lead the data acquisition function by defining ingestion strategy and building Azure-based data pipelines.
You will translate end-user requirements into scalable engineering solutions, act as the domains primary Data Manager for data governance, lineage, quality, and master data management, and lead a team of data engineers in delivering reliable, compliant, and high-value data solutions to Trading, Risk, Finance, and Operations.
Your responsibilities:
1. Own ingestion strategy and define scalable batch/streaming data patterns
2. Design and deliver Azure-based data pipelines and platform solutions
3. Standardize connectors, schemas, controls, CI/CD, IaC, and automated testing
4. Lead onboarding of enterprise and market data sources with SLAs and observability
5. Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders on data design and governance
6. Act as domain Data Manager for lineage, metadata, quality, access, and master data ownership
7. Ensure compliance with data lifecycle, audit, records management, and governance standards
8. Drive engineering best practices, operational excellence, a...