Location: Swansea
This Lead Data Engineer role sits within DVLA’s data platform team, working on modern, large-scale data systems that drive better decisions, insights and digital services.
Why this role stands out
* Lead engineering for high-impact data products across DVLA
* Work with modern technologies including Databricks, Spark, and lakehouse architectures
* Shape standards and best practice across a growing data function
* Collaborate with product teams, analysts and data scientists
* Play a key role in improving digital services at national scale
What You’ll Be Doing
* Leading the design and build of data pipelines and data products
* Developing robust data models and integrations across systems
* Ensuring data is processed efficiently for analytics and business intelligence
* Driving best practice and standards across data engineering teams
* Supporting performance optimisation and balancing cost, scalability and reliability
* Working across teams to enable reuse of data and improve delivery
Who This Role Could Suit
This role could be a strong fit if experience includes:
* Leading data engineering or data platform delivery
* Strong SQL and Python development skills
* Experience with big data technologies (e.g. Spark, Databricks)
* Data modelling, warehousing and large-scale data processing
* Mentoring teams and setting engineering standards
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