Engineering Director

Harnham; Greater London; Remote; GBP 122,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote in UK

Bonus 15%

£135k base salary

Leadership growth

Job summary

Harnham is establishing a Data Hub to shape enterprise data and AI. The Head of Data Hub will lead engineering teams, drive delivery, and set technical direction to build a scalable, governed platform supporting analytics and AI use cases.

You will partner with stakeholders, oversee offshore teams, and codify best practices across Agile, DevOps, and reliability to advance the data strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of data or platform engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake and DBT.
• Strong SQL and Python capabilities.
• Experience in data architecture and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communications.
• Experience leading offshore or distributed teams.
• Hands-on technical credibility.
• Experience with Databricks.
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms and workflows.
• Exposure to agent-based AI solutions.
• Backend or full-stack engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor data engineering teams.
• Deliver a modern enterprise data platform.
• Own architecture and technical decisions.
• Consolidate legacy systems into a scalable, governed environment.
• Partner with business and product stakeholders.
• Manage distributed engineering teams and delivery processes.
• Establish engineering best practices across Agile, DevOps, quality, and reliability.
• Contribute to the wider data and AI strategy.

Skills

People leadership

Snowflake

DBT

SQL

Python

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Distributed teams

Databricks

AI/ML platforms

Agent-based AI

Backend / full-stack

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

DBT

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity to join a newly established Data Hub function and play a leading role in shaping the future of enterprise data and AI. You'll combine strategic leadership with hands‑on technical oversight, helping build a scalable data platform that will support business-wide decision making and innovation.

The Company

They are investing heavily in their data capabilities, bringing previously fragmented data environments together into a single, governed platform. With strong backing from senior leadership and a clear roadmap in place, the Data Hub is a key strategic initiative designed to enable analytics, operational efficiency, and future AI use cases.

The Role

You will lead the Data Hub engineering team, owning delivery, technical direction, and team development.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading and mentoring data engineering teams
• Driving delivery of a modern enterprise data platform
• Owning architecture and technical decision‑making
• Consolidating legacy systems into a scalable, governed environment
• Partnering with business and product stakeholders
• Managing distributed engineering teams and delivery processes
• Establishing engineering best practices across Agile, DevOps, quality, and reliability
• Contributing to the wider data and AI strategy

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong people leadership within data or platform engineering
• Deep Snowflake and DBT expertise
• Strong SQL and Python skills
• Data architecture and governance experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience leading offshore or distributed teams
• Hands‑on technical credibility
• Databricks
• AI/ML platforms and workflows
• Agent‑based AI solutions
• Backend or full‑stack engineering exposure

What They Offer

• Up to £135,000 base salary
• 15% annual bonus
• Fully remote working in the UK
• Opportunity to build a newly formed Data Hub function
• Significant influence over platform strategy and architecture
• Exposure to modern data and AI technologies
• Clear growth and leadership opportunities as the team expands