Data Platform Lead - Build, Mentor & Scale

Funding Circle UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Barista coffee

Subsidised lunches

Flexible work policy

Learning allowance

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Funding Circle is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineering Manager in London (Hybrid). You will lead, mentor, and grow a team of data platform engineers, shaping a product-driven data platform that enables domain teams to build quickly and safely.

You’ll own recruitment, delivery of the data platform roadmap, set KPIs for platform health, and communicate progress to leaders across tech and business while fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical curiosity.

Qualifications

• Strong background leading data engineering teams in a product-driven environment.
• Experience with data platform architectures (Snowflake, data mesh/lakehouse).
• Proven mentoring and staff development experience.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of data platform engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive team culture.
• Champion a product mindset for internal tooling, ensuring our platform empowers domain teams to build quickly and safely without bottlenecks.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and performance management for the team with clear goals and feedback.
• Plan, execute, and deliver projects within the data platform roadmap with timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Manage backlog, prioritize tasks, and define KPIs for platform health and delivery.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders; translate needs into actionable requirements for the data platform.
• Communicate roadmap, progress, challenges, and successes to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Invest in career development through coaching, mentoring, and growth opportunities.

Skills

Data platform leadership

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Mentoring engineers

AI systems

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Funding Circle is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineering Manager in London (Hybrid). You will lead, mentor, and grow a team of data platform engineers, shaping a product-driven data platform that enables domain teams to build quickly and safely.

You’ll own recruitment, delivery of the data platform roadmap, set KPIs for platform health, and communicate progress to leaders across tech and business while fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical curiosity.