Data Engineering Team Lead

Environment Bank; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental organization in the UK is seeking a Technical Lead to elevate their Data Team’s capabilities. This role involves leading data engineering functions, strategic planning for data products, and enhancing data systems. Candidates should have a degree in a related field and experience with Python, SQL, and data warehousing. The organization supports flexible working, and offers competitive benefits including a performance-based bonus and extensive leave.

Benefits

Performance-based annual bonus

Pension scheme with employer match

30 days of annual leave

Remote and hybrid flexible working

Ongoing career development

Qualifications

• Experience with modern data warehousing and associated transformation processes.
• Ability to lead and mentor a remote team.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for the Data Team.
• Lead planning and strategy for developing new data products.
• Consolidate and enhance data systems and workflows.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Python

SQL

JavaScript

ETL pipeline development

Data warehousing

Microsoft Azure

Education

Degree in Data Science, Computer Science or similar

Job description

About us

At Environment Bank, we’re working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish.

Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more.

From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss.

Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector that’s experiencing rapid growth. We’ve already built a highly skilled team of experts and we’re actively looking to expand our team in the coming months.

We’re incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and we’re still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank.

About the role

We’re seeking a purpose driven Technical Lead to elevate our Data Team’s capabilities — moving beyond reactive support to drive innovation, efficiency, and transparency across the business. You’ll lead our data engineering function, ensuring that our mission to restore nature is underpinned by high-integrity, insight-driven data.

Team Development and Management

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for the Data Team, ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Prioritise team workload effectively to meet quality and timeline expectations.
• Manage and develop team members to ensure the team stays up to date with the latest approaches and techniques in data engineering and analytics.

Strategic Planning & Innovation

• Lead planning and strategy for developing new data products and services.
• Contribute to the company’s digital strategy by identifying and integrating emerging data-centred technologies.
• Play a key role in shaping the deployment of data platforms, including software/hardware requirements, data architecture, and storage solutions.
• Drive innovation in data capture, management, and visualisation for habitat banks and customers.

Systems & Process Development

• Consolidate and enhance data systems and workflows to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Lead the oversight of digital data capture systems and associated data design and management standards.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Visibility

• Act as the primary contact for new work, projects and processes across the company relating to non-spatial data.
• Collaborate with other teams to develop data storage and analytical improvement initiatives.

Operational Delivery & Technical Oversight

• Oversee data processing, analysis, and visualisation activities.
• Support product delivery for the Sales Team, including stock management, handling the outgoing developer metric, and maintaining efficient customer-quoting processes.
• Manage data from third-party sources, ensuring quality and consistency.

EDI & Belonging

At the heart of Environment Bank are the people, who make it all possible. We employ individuals, who share the same passion to live our Environment Bank mission and values.

At Environment Bank we believe that fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us more innovative, dynamic, and competitive. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is valued and respected, free from discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

Essential

• A degree in Data Science, Computer Science or similar subject (or equivalent professional experience)
• Ability to lead and mentor a remote home-based team in a fast-paced environment
• Experience and interest in project management, specifically change management
• Advanced proficiency in either or multiple of: Python, SQL, JavaScript
• Experience with modern data warehousing and associated transformation processes (ideally Snowflake), including data sharing, integrations, and performance optimisation
• ETL pipeline development
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure

Desirable

Experience within the environmental sector, with an awareness of Biodiversity Net Gain and/or the Environmental, Social, and Governance business framework.

Experience working in a scale-up environment.

As an organisation, we believe that work should be fulfilling, inspiring, and balanced, so we’re creating a space where our team can thrive, both personally and professionally – providing flexible working arrangements, mental wellbeing support, and more.

We offer…

🎁 Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary
💸 Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at % of salary

🏖️ 30 days of annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, birthday, and wellbeing day
➕ Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leaveafter probation

🏡 Remote and hybrid flexible working options
💼 Regional and departmental team co-working days

🌞 Expenses-paid whole company meet twice a year
🎗️ Team fundraising and charity events
🎓 Ongoing career development with training and mentoring

🩺 Medical cash back scheme to cover everyday healthcare costs
🧠 Employee assistance mental wellbeing support
❤️🩹️ Enhanced sickness pay allowance