Job Type Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Closing Date 10/04/2026 Schroders Personal Wealth aims to improve the way financial advice is offered, by making it more affordable, accessible and powerful for more people. We want to change lives for the better. We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead – Data to lead and develop a high-performing team of Data Engineers while taking end-to-end ownership of the data engineering roadmap. This role combines people leadership, hands-on technical expertise, and strategic delivery, ensuring our data platforms are scalable, resilient, and aligned to business priorities. You will play a key role in shaping data architecture decisions, guiding engineering best practices, and representing the data function across wider change and transformation initiatives. Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire Role | Fixed Term Contract to 31/12/2026 Salary | £93,384 to £102,722 Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management Line manage and mentor a team of data engineers, supporting performance, progression, and technical capability development Foster a strong engineering culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement Provide technical guidance, coaching, and oversight across multiple data initiatives Technical & Delivery Ownership Own and drive the data engineering roadmap, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery against agreed priorities Act as the technical design authority for data solutions, ensuring alignment with engineering standards and best practices Lead solution design and hands-on development where required, particularly for complex or high-impact work Stakeholder Engagement Facilitate effective engagement and status updates across all key stakeholders within Technology but also wider across the Business/External. Represent the Data Engineering function on cross-functional change initiatives. Contributing to the scoping, planning, and delivery of key platform migration and transition activities Data Platform Engineering Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and platforms [Lakehouse] using AWS-native services. Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and operationally robust Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience leading or mentoring Data Engineers in a delivery-focused environment Strong hands-on expertise with AWS data and serverless technologies, particularly Step Functions, Lambda, Glue, S3 and Athena Advanced proficiency in Python (data processing, orchestration, automation), SQL (complex querying, optimisation, analytics), Terraform (infrastructure as code and environment management) and Git Experience owning technical roadmaps and delivering against strategic objectives including managing and influencing stakeholders at all levels Strong understanding of Data Engineering best practices, including pipeline design, testing, monitoring, and data quality Desirable Experience Experience supporting or leading on data migrations Exposure to modern data architectures (e.g. Lakehouse, event-driven or serverless data platforms) Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in a cloud environment Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments Personal Attributes Confident technical leader with the ability to influence at all levels Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery Strong communicator who can translate technical concepts into business-friendly language Proactive, pragmatic, and delivery-oriented We understand not everyone will meet 100% of the requirements, however we encourage you to apply if you think your skills are a good fit for this role. This job vacancy may close earlier than the advertised date if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible. Some fantastic benefits SPW colleagues enjoy: Generous Holiday Entitlement: 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell 5 days. Health & Wellbeing: Company-paid Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, and Health Screening. Company Pension Contribution: A matched pension contribution of up to 15% of your base pay. Cash Allowance: Flexible allowance to spend on additional benefits personal to you, including: dental cover, paid sabbatical leave, gym membership, menopause support. Bonus Opportunity: Dependent on individual/company performance (eligible after 3 months’ service) Financial Advice : Access to free financial advice to help secure your financial future. To find out more, please visit https://www.spw.com/careers-at-spw/rewards-and-benefits We support flexible working: At SPW, we know how important it is to be able to achieve a balance. We want to support your lifestyle as well as meeting our business needs, so will always aim to be flexible. As well as traditional working patterns, we have colleagues who work informal flexible hours, reduced working hours, and have job-sharing arrangements. Many colleagues work from home, or in a hybrid way. Ready to restart your career? We warmly welcome applications from those returning to work after a period of leave, providing appropriate support and training where required. You belong here: At SPW, we embrace individuality and diversity of identity, experience, and thought. We actively strive for inclusive behaviours and actions, making appropriate adjustments for disabilities, health conditions and neurodiversities. We ensure equal opportunities for all and transparently report on gender pay to promote fairness. Schroders Personal Wealth operates under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime as a solo-regulated firm and if this role is classed as a Certified Role under that regime you will be subject to enhanced vetting and will have a number of additional conduct and regulatory duties to adhere to, as well as certifying at least annually that you are fit and proper to perform this role.