Data Engineering Lead

Thehutgroup; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

THG is looking for a Data Engineering Lead to own the technical vision for data across Customer, Commercial and Operations. You will mentor a team of six engineers, set architecture standards, and drive the move from a fragmented data landscape to a unified, reliable data view.

You will be deeply hands-on, shaping data models and pipelines while guiding domain-aligned teams to deliver scalable data solutions that power analytics and AI-driven personalisation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring a data engineering team.
• Strong background in data architecture and modelling.
• Ability to design scalable data pipelines and governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision for how THG structures, stores and distributes data.
• Lead a team of engineers, setting standards and solving hard problems.
• Move data landscape from fragmented sources to a unified, trusted view across domains.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Data Modeling

Architecture Design

Mentoring

Hands-on Coding

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

SQL

Python

ETL tooling

Data Warehousing

Job description

About THG

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

From Manchester to New York, we're powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you'll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

Location: Icon 1, WA15 0AF

About Central Functions

Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded.

Why be the Data Engineering Lead at THG?

THG is building the data engineering capability that will underpin everything from daily trading analytics to AI-driven personalisation. As Engineering Lead, you will own the technical vision and delivery for how THG structures, stores and distributes its data across three core domains: Customer, Commercial and Operations.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will be managing and mentoring a team of six engineers (three Senior, three mid-level, each domain-aligned), but you are also expected to be technically deep - setting architecture standards, making key design decisions, and being the person the team turns to when problems are hard.

Your primary mission is to move THG from a fragmented, siloed data landscape towards consistent, joined-up domain datasets that can be trusted and used at scale. We have customer data in multiple places, commercial data that isn't consistently structured, and operational data that isn't easy to consume. You will build the engineering foundation that changes that - working to a shared architecture that ensures Customer, Commercial and Operations datasets have consistent standards, shared attributes where appropriate, and can ultimately be joined into a single, reliable view of the bus