Data Platform Lead & Architect (GCP)

Seer Interactive; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Seer Interactive is seeking a senior data platform architect to set the technical direction of our data stack and drive end-to-end ownership across BigQuery, Dataflow, Airflow, Cloud Run, and ingestion tools. You will shape data models, governance, and the Looker semantic layer to empower embedded analytics.

You will mentor data engineers and analysts, partner with product managers, and advocate for scalable, cost-aware solutions, balancing speed and reliability to support client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience designing production data pipelines end-to-end.
• Strong knowledge of the GCP data stack and Looker.
• Proven leadership and mentoring in data teams.
• Ability to estimate deadlines and communicate status clearly.
• Experience reducing costs and improving performance.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural standards for Seer’s data platform.
• Own end-to-end data platform across BigQuery, Dataflow, Airflow, and ingestion tools.
• Model data with dimensional modeling and LookML.
• Triage data quality and performance issues and drive fixes.
• Mentor engineers and analysts, provide code reviews and feedback.
• Collaborate with product teams and clients to align data initiatives.

Skills

Data platform architecture

Leadership & mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Communication with executives

Problem solving

Project estimation & planning

Cost optimization mindset

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Airflow

Cloud Run

Cloud Functions

Fivetran

Looker/LookML

CI/CD pipelines

SQL

Job description

Seer Interactive is seeking a senior data platform architect to set the technical direction of our data stack and drive end-to-end ownership across BigQuery, Dataflow, Airflow, Cloud Run, and ingestion tools. You will shape data models, governance, and the Looker semantic layer to empower embedded analytics.

You will mentor data engineers and analysts, partner with product managers, and advocate for scalable, cost-aware solutions, balancing speed and reliability to support client outcomes.