Data Engineering Lead — Finance & Transformation

British Airways PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel benefits

Discounted airfares

Job summary

British Airways PLC is seeking a Principal Data Engineer in Finance & Transformation to lead data ingestion, storage, and processing initiatives across the organisation. The role focuses on building reusable components, automating pipelines, and aligning with DevOps practices to ensure secure, observable, and cost-efficient data platforms.

You will lead agile teams, define standards for data processing and documentation, and mentor Senior Data Engineers while driving continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated SQL development experience and data engineering delivery.
• Experience building data pipelines, ingestion, and storage at scale.
• Knowledge of cloud-native data platforms and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead data pipelines development, testing, and deployment.
• Operate and monitor data products for availability and resilience.
• Set data processing standards and documentation practices.
• Mentor Senior Data Engineers and participate in agile ceremonies.
• On-call support for data products on a rota basis.

Skills

SQL development

Data ingestion

Data processing

Cloud data management

Data security

CI/CD in data

Data modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

DBT

Job description

British Airways PLC is seeking a Principal Data Engineer in Finance & Transformation to lead data ingestion, storage, and processing initiatives across the organisation. The role focuses on building reusable components, automating pipelines, and aligning with DevOps practices to ensure secure, observable, and cost-efficient data platforms.

You will lead agile teams, define standards for data processing and documentation, and mentor Senior Data Engineers while driving continuous improvement and