Data Engineering Lead

Harnham; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham is seeking a Data Engineering Lead in London with hybrid working. You will own the data infrastructure, analytics capability and reporting landscape to scale a data-driven culture across the organisation.

You will design and implement scalable pipelines, modern data warehouses and governance, while collaborating with commercial teams and external partners to drive AI-enabled analytics and strong customer insights.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading data engineering in high-growth consumer businesses.
• Proven expertise with cloud data warehouses and data modelling.
• Hands-on with dbt, ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration.
• Experience building data functions and analytics for ecommerce sales.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable data pipelines.
• Developing and improving the data warehouse, semantic layer and reporting environment.
• Supporting analytics, reporting and dashboard development across commercial teams.
• Integrating new data sources including subscription and operational data.
• Driving automation, governance, and data literacy across the organisation.
• Managing relationships with external analytics partners and vendors.
• Improving customer tracking and marketing analytics capabilities.
• Supporting adoption of AI-enabled analytics and reporting workflows.

Skills

Cloud data warehouses

dbt

ETL/ELT pipelines

BI reporting

Data modelling

Stakeholder management

Analytics

Commercial data analysis

E-commerce experience

SaaS experience

Tools

DBT

Job description

Data Engineering Lead

Competitive Salary + Benefits
London (Hybrid)

This is a great opportunity to join a high-growth consumer business where you can take ownership of building and scaling a company-wide data function from the ground up.

The Company

This rapidly growing consumer brand has transformed its market through an innovative product offering sold internationally. The business has evolved from a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model into a sophisticated multi-channel organisation spanning e-commerce, retail, wholesale, subscriptions and strategic partnerships.

Having experienced significant year-on-year growth, the company is investing heavily in becoming a truly data-driven organisation, creating an opportunity for a data specialist to shape the future of analytics, reporting and decision-making across the business.

The Role

You will take ownership of the company's data infrastructure, analytics capability and reporting landscape while helping to build a data-driven culture across the organisation.

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable data pipelines
• Developing and improving the data warehouse, semantic layer and reporting environment
• Supporting analytics, reporting and dashboard development across commercial teams
• Integrating new data sources, including subscription and operational data
• Driving automation, governance, documentation and data literacy across the organisation
• Managing relationships with external analytics partners and vendors
• Improving customer tracking and marketing analytics capabilities
• Supporting the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and reporting workflows

Your Skills and Experience

You will bring strong capability in:

• modern cloud data warehouse environments
• dbt, ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration
• BI reporting and dashboard development
• Data modelling, analytics and stakeholder management
• Commercial and customer data analysis
• Experience within e-commerce, DTC, SaaS or high-growth consumer businesses
• Experience building data functions in scaling businesses

The Benefits

You will receive a salary up to £90,000 depending on experience.