Data Engineering Lead — Hybrid Bristol, Databricks Modernisation

Artis Recruitment; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent career development

Healthcare and wellbeing

Generous pension

Life assurance

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is seeking a Data Engineering Lead for a leading Professional Services organisation in Bristol. The role combines hands-on data engineering with team leadership to modernise the data platform and Databricks environment.

You will mentor engineers, design scalable data pipelines, collaborate with BI and data science teams, and help drive cloud adoption while operating in a hybrid model (3 days on-site).

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing Data Engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with modern cloud-based data platforms.
• Excellent SQL and Python skills.
• Extensive experience with Databricks, Spark and lakehouse architectures.
• Strong knowledge of data engineering, data modelling and architecture best practice.
• Experience delivering data solutions for reporting, analytics and data science.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to balance strategic technical leadership with hands-on delivery.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of Data Engineers.
• Providing technical leadership across scalable, reliable and secure data platforms.
• Remaining hands-on with complex data engineering and technical challenges.
• Leading the migration and modernisation of existing data platforms into a modern Databricks environment.
• Designing and maintaining high-quality data pipelines, models and curated datasets.
• Ensuring the stability, performance and continuous improvement of critical data platforms.
• Supporting wider technology and business transformation programmes.
• Working closely with BI, Data Science, Architecture, Technology and wider business stakeholders.
• Championing engineering best practice, including testing, deployment, monitoring, documentation and code reviews.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

Spark

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Lakehouse

Job description

Artis Recruitment is seeking a Data Engineering Lead for a leading Professional Services organisation in Bristol. The role combines hands-on data engineering with team leadership to modernise the data platform and Databricks environment.

You will mentor engineers, design scalable data pipelines, collaborate with BI and data science teams, and help drive cloud adoption while operating in a hybrid model (3 days on-site).