Data Platform Lead

Admiral Group Plc; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share scheme

33 days holiday

Learning & development

Flexible hybrid working

People-first culture

Job summary

Veygo is seeking a Data Platform Lead to own and evolve the data platform roadmap, enabling secure, scalable analytics and AI-ready data foundations. You will spend ~70% on hands-on design and 30% coaching engineers, aligning with analytics, product and architecture to support future growth.

The role emphasizes reliability, governance, observability, and data quality, with a hybrid working model and Cardiff-area collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience designing, building and operating modern data platforms.
• Excellent SQL skills and strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience building production-grade data pipelines and reusable data models.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, orchestration, CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• Knowledge of data quality, governance, lineage, observability and operational support.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the roadmap for Veygo's data platform and long-term evolution.
• Lead the design, development and operation of robust data pipelines and data models.
• Set engineering standards for code quality, testing, deployment and monitoring.
• Coach and line-manage Data Engineers to raise capability and delivery standards.

Skills

SQL skills

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

CI/CD automation

Data governance

Observability

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure

AWS

BigQuery

Job description

Build the data platform that powers Veygo's future.

You'll lead the engineering capability that sits at the heart of Veygo's data ecosystem, ensuring trusted, secure and scalable data is available to power analytics, reporting, product development and the next generation of AI-enabled experiences.

As the technical lead for Veygo's data platform, you'll shape the foundations that enable better decision-making across the business. From building resilient data pipelines and reusable data models to improving platform reliability, governance and observability, you'll create the capabilities that allow teams to move faster with confidence.

You'll combine hands-on technical leadership with people management, building a modern data platform that supports today's business while preparing Veygo for tomorrow.

Why this role matters

As Data Platform Lead, you'll own the roadmap for one of Veygo's most important technology capabilities, ensuring our data platform is reliable, scalable and ready to support future growth.

This is a true player-coach role. Around 70% of your time will be spent designing, building and improving the platform yourself, while the remaining 30% will focus on coaching engineers, setting technical standards and partnering with stakeholders to ensure the platform evolves in line with business priorities.

Success in this role means Veygo has trusted, well-governed and AI-ready data foundations that enable analytics, reporting, experimentation and future data products to thrive.

What you'll be doing

• Own and deliver the roadmap for Veygo's data platform, balancing new capabilities with resilience, technical debt and long-term platform evolution.
• Lead the design, development and operation of robust, scalable and secure data pipelines, reusable data models and platform services.
• Establish engineering standards across code quality, testing, deployment, documentation, monitoring and operational support.
• Build trusted data foundations that enable analytics, reporting, experimentation, operational data products and future AI capabilities.
• Partner with Analytics, Product, Engineering and Architecture teams to ensure the platform supports current and future business needs.
• Improve platform reliability, observability, data quality and operational resilience.
• Ensure datasets are well-modeled, documented, discoverable and governed to support self-service analytics and AI readiness.
• Translate business and analytical requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Act as the technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges and production issues.
• Coach and line manage a team of Data Engineers, raising engineering capability, technical quality and delivery standards across the team.

We're looking for someone who has…

• Strong hands-on experience designing, building and operating modern data platforms.
• Excellent SQL skills and strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience building production-grade data pipelines and reusable data models.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms and engineering best practices, including orchestration, CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• A strong understanding of data quality, governance, lineage, observability, monitoring and operational support.
• Experience enabling analytics through trusted, reusable and well-documented datasets.
• An understanding of the technical foundations required for AI-ready data platforms.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or leading Data Engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Sound judgement when balancing speed, scalability, reliability, governance and cost.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, BigQuery or similar technologies.
• Experience with modern orchestration and transformation tools.
• Experience working within regulated or highly governed environments.
• Experience supporting analytics, machine learning or operational data products.
• Knowledge of data governance, access management and security best practices.

Why Veygo?

At Veygo, we're here to unlock independence.

For young drivers, getting on the road is a massive life moment - freedom, confidence, responsibility, and finally not needing a lift everywhere. For parents, it's a big moment too: letting go, while knowing their child is protected and supported.

We make insurance the easy bit.

Since launching in 2016, we've helped more than one million customers and sold over eight million policies by making car insurance simpler, more flexible and built around real life. Now, we're evolving from short-term cover into a brand that supports young drivers through their first years on the road - helping them build safer habits, manage costs and move forward with confidence.

Backed by Admiral Group, we combine scale-up energy with the strength, trust and expertise of one of the UK's leading insurers. Our teams get the freedom to experiment, the ownership to make things happen and the platform to build products that reach millions.

If you want to solve real customer problems, work with smart cross-functional teams and help shape the future of insurance for young drivers, you'll fit right in.

What you'll get in return

We believe exceptional people do their best work when they're trusted, supported and rewarded. Alongside a competitive salary, you'll receive a benefits package designed to help you grow your career, share in our success and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Highlights include:

• A generous share scheme, giving you the opportunity to become a shareholder and share in Admiral's success.
• 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with service, plus the option to buy or sell up to five additional days.
• Ongoing learning and development, leadership programmes and opportunities to grow your career across Admiral Group.
• Flexible hybrid working, with most colleagues spending one or two days a week in our Central Cardiff office.
• A people-first culture recognised as a Great Place to Work for more than 25 years, including awards for Wellbeing and Women.

To explore our full range of benefits, including wellbeing support, healthcare, family-friendly policies and financial benefits, visit our Benefits Page.

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we'll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

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