Data Platform Tech Lead – Hybrid & Growth

PA Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Annual leave 25 days

Pension scheme

Community initiatives

Performance bonus

Share ownership

Cycle to work

Job summary

PA Consulting seeks a Data Platform Tech Lead to design and deliver scalable, secure data platforms supporting analytics, AI, and operational workloads. You will steer data engineering initiatives and align with product, design, and client teams to drive complex transformations.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep knowledge of modern data architectures, and a passion for continuous improvement across a diverse technology stack.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading data engineering teams.
• Experience delivering modern data platforms in enterprise environments.
• Ability to design scalable, reliable data architectures.
• Strong software engineering practices applied to data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Steer technical teams through complex challenges and guide digital transformations.
• Provide mentorship to engineers and foster continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across teams and stakeholders using agile methods.
• Apply GenAI responsibly across engineering delivery.

Skills

Data platform leadership

Data engineering

Architectural decisions

CI/CD

Security and governance

GenAI awareness

Tools

Terraform

Airflow

Databricks

Cloud platforms

Job description

PA Consulting seeks a Data Platform Tech Lead to design and deliver scalable, secure data platforms supporting analytics, AI, and operational workloads. You will steer data engineering initiatives and align with product, design, and client teams to drive complex transformations.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep knowledge of modern data architectures, and a passion for continuous improvement across a diverse technology stack.