Data Engineering Leader — Enterprise Platform & AI

SLR Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Healthcare

Travel insurance

Life insurance

Hybrid working

Job summary

SLR Consulting is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to provide technical and operational leadership for our data engineering capability. You will lead the design and evolution of the data platform, ensure scalable pipelines, and govern data assets to support enterprise reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives.

You will mentor engineers, set engineering standards (CI/CD, testing, IaC), and work with analytics and business stakeholders to translate priorities into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading the design, development, and operation of enterprise‑scale data engineering platforms and teams.
• Strong technical expertise in SQL and Python, PySpark, or equivalent technologies for data ingestion, transformation, and validation.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or similar modern cloud‑based analytics and data platforms.
• Strong experience designing and governing analytical data models using recognised patterns such as Medallion Architecture, star schema, and snowflake schema.
• Experience leading technical teams, mentoring engineers, and establishing engineering standards and delivery practices.
• Experience developing and implementing data quality, monitoring, governance, security, and operational controls at scale.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including CI/CD, testing, version control, and automation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior technical and non‑technical stakeholders and influence decision‑making.
• Experience balancing strategic planning with hands‑on technical leadership and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design, development, and operation of data pipelines, transformation frameworks, and curated analytical datasets.
• Ensure robust implementation of data quality, monitoring, observability, operational controls, and governance requirements.
• Lead the delivery of scalable data integration solutions across APIs, event‑driven architectures, batch processing, and file‑based integration patterns.
• Establish and govern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, version control, infrastructure‑as‑code, and technical documentation.
• Drive platform performance, reliability, maintainability, and cost optimisation initiatives.
• Work closely with analytics, BI, and business stakeholders to translate priorities into scalable engineering solutions.
• Help shape the enterprise data roadmap and prioritise investments that maximise business value.
• Participate in strategic planning and provide input into data governance, operating models, and capability development.
• Champion data‑driven decision‑making and promote the adoption of trusted, well‑governed data assets across the organisation.

Skills

Data platform leadership

SQL

Python

PySpark

Data governance

CI/CD

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

SLR Consulting is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to provide technical and operational leadership for our data engineering capability. You will lead the design and evolution of the data platform, ensure scalable pipelines, and govern data assets to support enterprise reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives.

You will mentor engineers, set engineering standards (CI/CD, testing, IaC), and work with analytics and business stakeholders to translate priorities into scalable solutions.