Data Engineering Manager

VIQU Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supply chain organization is seeking a Data Engineering Manager in Leeds to lead their data team through digital transformation. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and strong leadership abilities, focusing on Databricks platform development and team coaching. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in data engineering and project management within a collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in hands-on data engineering.
• 1+ years experience in a managerial role.
• Deep knowledge of the Databricks platform.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of eight engineers, mentoring and coaching.
• Implement new delivery roadmap and CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish data governance frameworks.

Skills

Mentoring

Coaching

Code Review

Cost Optimisation

Data Governance

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Azure

SQL

Python

Job description

VIQU have partnered with a leading supply chain organisation who are looking to expand their data teams. The Data Engineering Manager will manage a team of eight to help with an on-going digital transformation. The ideal candidate will come from a technical background but has recently worked in a managerial role focused on mentoring, coaching, reviewing code, and standard setting. The role will focus on the development of the clients Databricks platform (AWS is preferred but open to AzuregCP experience also), utilising Python and SQL, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, strategy development, cost optimisation and data governance frameworks.

Job duties of the Data Engineering Manager:

• Manage a team of eight engineers, helping to mentor and coach the team.
• Manage the adoption of automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement a new delivery roadmap.
• Contribute to the development of a new Databricks system in AWS (AWS experience is preferred but they are open to managers with Azure experience).
• Cost optimisation.
• Establish data governance frameworks for secure handling of delivery information.

Requirements of the Data Engineering Manager:

• 6+ years experience in a hands on data engineer role, with over a years recent experience in a managerial role, coaching similar sized teams.
• Deep knowledge of the Databricks platform.
• Experience with large scale data pipeline optimisation.
• Experience with Streaming and Batch Spark workloads.

Location: Leeds (One day on site).

To discuss this exciting opportunity in more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Jack McManus

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Created on 29/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom