Data Engineering Lead: Build Scalable, Secure Pipelines

Lloyds Banking Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping options

30 days' holiday, with bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to spearhead projects focused on delivering high-quality data capabilities. This role requires over 15 years of experience in distributed systems and data processing, as well as a strong track record in mentoring teams. The ideal candidate will lead engineering efforts to develop scalable architecture and drive best practices. Benefits include a comprehensive pension, performance bonuses, and generous leave policies. If you are passionate about cloud technologies and want to make an impact, apply now.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of industry experience in distributed systems and data processing.
• 5+ years of mentoring and coaching engineering teams.
• Proven experience with automation and CI/CD.
• Coding/scripting experience in Python, SQL, Java, Scala, or Go.
• Experience with operational data stores and data lakes.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and delivery of scalable, resilient systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and execute the roadmap.
• Drive technical strategy and direction for the team.
• Deliver solutions leveraged across multiple entities.
• Mentor engineering teams to develop their skills.

Skills

Mentoring and coaching

Automation and CI/CD

Best practice coding/scripting

Distributed frameworks (Spark, Flink, Beam, Hadoop)

Cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS)

Kafka technologies

Tools

Python

SQL

Java

Scala

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to spearhead projects focused on delivering high-quality data capabilities. This role requires over 15 years of experience in distributed systems and data processing, as well as a strong track record in mentoring teams. The ideal candidate will lead engineering efforts to develop scalable architecture and drive best practices. Benefits include a comprehensive pension, performance bonuses, and generous leave policies. If you are passionate about cloud technologies and want to make an impact, apply now.