Data Engineering Team Lead / Lead Data Engineer

Akkodis; Wytham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services firm based in the UK seeks a Data Engineering Team Lead to oversee a small team and set technical direction. This role requires proven experience in leadership and hands-on capabilities in developing scalable data pipelines, particularly in Databricks and Azure. A hybrid working model is in place, requiring occasional office presence. The salary ranges from £65,000 to £85,000 plus benefits including a car allowance and private medical.

Benefits

Car allowance

Generous bonus

Private medical insurance

Extensive benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Team Lead or Lead Data Engineer.
• Ability to design, build, and maintain data pipelines.
• Experience with data architecture designs and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of Data Engineers and set technical direction.
• Develop and implement data processing workflows.
• Lead the integration and automation of CI/CD data pipelines.

Skills

Design and maintain scalable data pipelines

Team leadership experience

Data processing workflow development

Programming in Python

SQL proficiency

Knowledge of Databricks and Azure

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Terraform

Job description

Data Engineering Team Lead / Lead Data Engineer

Full Time / Permanent

£65,000 - £85,000 dependant on experience + car allowance, generous bonus, private medical and other extensive benefits

Hybrid - 1 day a week in the Oxfordshire head office required with occasional travel to London

The Company:

My client is an industry leading and award-winning financial services organisation who operate on a global scale. They are headquartered in Oxfordshire, UK.

The Role:

I am looking for an experienced Data Engineering Team Lead / Lead Data Engineer who can oversee a small team of experienced Data Engineers, set technical direction and set up new processes in an efficient manner. This is a role where you can really make your mark and impact change very quickly.

The Data Engineering Team Lead / Lead Data Engineer will remain hands‑on and will ideally have experience with Databricks and Azure however the leadership experience and behaviours are the priority for this role.

The Person:

The successful candidate must have proven experience operating as a Team Lead / Lead Data Engineer with the ability to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and solutions.

You must be able to work closely with the Data Architect to interpret data architecture designs into actionable build plans and lead the development of data processing workflows.

From a technical standpoint you will ideally possess / or aspire to learn:

• Knowledge or experience of Databricks including Unity Catalog and Spark SQL.
• Programming skills, preferably in Python and SQL.
• Knowledge and experience in Azure, including working with Azure Data Factory and Azure Storage Accounts.
• Knowledge of previous experience working with Terraform to define, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure as code in a scalable and repeatable manner, integration and automation of CI/CD data pipelines to support deployment of data services and environments.

Contact:

Please apply via the link or contact (url removed) for more information.

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