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Role: Lead Data Engineer
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh
Mode of Working: Hybrid
Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time
Are you passionate about Data Engineering?
We have an exciting role for you – Lead Data Engineer!
Careers at TCS: It means more
TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.
* Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
* Gain access to endless learning opportunities.
* Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life.
The Role
As a Lead Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in crafting and implementing data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) collaborating with multi-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of data products into our new data architecture, driving innovation and optimising data utilisation.
Key responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and maintain complex Data Products. Implementing clean, maintainable, and efficient solution design following best practices.
* Lead implementation reviews and all aspects of data product delivery to preserve quality and share knowledge.
* Be responsible for leading a talented group of engineers, guiding and working alongside them on entire software development lifecycle and manage the delivery of robust, scalable data applications and features.
* Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform.
* Identify and implement best practices for data engineering.
* Excellent problem solving and analytical skills to resolve complex data issues, technical problems, and bugs.
* Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers.
* Strong understanding of data security principles and secure architectural practices
* Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
* Ensure timely delivery by managing tasks and priorities effectively utilising their in-depth expertise in Agile methodology.
* Communicate effectively with team and stakeholders.
* ccountable for custodianship governance activities on data assets that their platform produce and consume.
* Data Engineering: Develop data validation methodology and data hub process models, including sourcing, loading, transformation and extraction in alignment with the Group and business needs.
* Data Modelling & Design : Aligns models to domain boundaries and real access patterns across services, streams, and warehouses. Designs for evolvability using additive changes, backward compatible schemas, and safe deprecations. Can embed data quality checks, defines conformed dimensions and a semantic layer, and implements privacy and security controls such as row/column level security and PII handling. Experience of coaching others and enforcing standards through reviews and reusable templates.
* Dev Ops: Leading team to identify issues and improve automation across the end-to-end application development lifecycle. Using technology stack and tooling to evolve applications at pace and ensure efficiency, quality and security is monitored as part of every build.
* Python: Holistic understanding of Python and can make intuitive decisions in familiar contexts. Capable of implementing multi-threading and asynchronous programming using tools like threading and asyncio.
* SQL: Tune complex queries and workloads; designs schemas and constraints; manages concurrency/isolation; refactors for performance and readability; mentors others
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
* Good experience in AI Literacy
* Good experience in Data Architecture
* Good experience in Quality Engineering
* Hands on experience in Agile Methodology & Tools
* Expertise in FinOps/Optimisation for Cloud Computing
* Good Knowledge of Google Analytical Database technologies (Big Query, Cloud SQL, Spanner, AlloyDB)
* Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code experience
* Good experience in Streaming platforms knowledge and utilisation (Pub/Sub or Kafka for example, Dataflow, Flink for example)
* Ability to Build/Deploy container-based solutions (GKE)
* Building solutions to provide Data Quality (Dataplex, Atacama etc)
* Exposure and experience to modern programming practices (Functional programming, Event-based solutions)
Rewards & Benefits
TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.
Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.
We believe in building and sustaining a culture of equity and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our diversity and inclusion motto is ‘Inclusion without Exception’. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected across our workforce implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.
You’ll find a welcoming culture and many internal volunteering and social networks to join (these are optional). Our diversity, inclusion and social activities include 12 employee networks such as gender diversity, LGBTQIA+ & Allies, mental health, disability & neurodiversity inclusion and many more, as well as health & wellness initiatives and sports events and we sponsor the London Marathon.
We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.
If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at with the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or call TCS London Office 02031552100 to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.
Next Steps
Due to a high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.
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